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Pope Benedict XVI 'is to resign'
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KZNSeagull
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Oooh. Scandal in the offing? Is he allowed to resign?
Geriatric Seagull
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He's probably been lined up as the new manager of either Chelsea or Forest!
BBC News - Pope Benedict XVI is to resign
The Pope is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, the Vatican has confirmed.
The 85-year-old became Pope Benedict XVI in April 2005 following the death of John Paul II.
The reasons behind the pontiff's surprise resignation have yet to emerge.
At 78, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was one of the oldest new popes in history when elected.
The Pope is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, the Vatican has confirmed.
The 85-year-old became Pope Benedict XVI in April 2005 following the death of John Paul II.
The reasons behind the pontiff's surprise resignation have yet to emerge.
At 78, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was one of the oldest new popes in history when elected.
n1 gull
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Resigned or has God sacked him?
matthew
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He should be in a cell for what he said about condoms on the basis of an anonymous authority
T soprano
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I've heard he befriended jimmy savile in the 70s at some charity fund raising events
Wants to go back to a more 'hands on' role as a regular Catholic priest.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Polite applause from me, unless I discover you've been planning that joke for the past eight years.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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Hope he's saved up enough Euro's to get himself in to a decent Old Papal's home.
terryberry1
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could do a job
TWOCHOICEStom
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Dave the OAP
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Bet he is married with 10 kids somewhere.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
corrected for you.
Pinkie Brown
Wir Sind das Volk
My thoughts exactly when I heard about an hour ago. The old chestnut of health reasons has been stated I notice. Its not like the Catholic Church has a history of trying to bury bad news is it?
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Lovely stuff. (The joke, not the comestible.)
Maybe is genuinely is health reasons. Maybe it's a scandal.
Or, maybe it's more political, perhaps he has faced pressure within due to his views and history that wasn't considered an issue when he was elected(?), but has become more of an issue over time.
Or, maybe it's more political, perhaps he has faced pressure within due to his views and history that wasn't considered an issue when he was elected(?), but has become more of an issue over time.
Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation at end of month - Radio Vaticana
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church.
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.
For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff.
With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 10 February 2013
BENEDICTUS PP XVI
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church.
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.
For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff.
With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 10 February 2013
BENEDICTUS PP XVI
ram1992
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mario balotelli moves to italy, week later the pope resigns - coincidence?