Pope Resigns

[Anonymous]

I'm thinking about changing my name to "My Dad" and running for President. I'd be a shoe in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, my dad is great for a lot of things, one of them being he watches the news and reads a physical newspaper. I just Google and research after hearing about something; I'm too busy to invest time in half the crap they call "news" but my dad is not!

Your dad is my dad!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just spoke to my Dad and he said next papal name is Hilarius Simplicius.

+1

[Anonymous]

Definitely the global pedophile coverup coming to roost.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/03/the_great_catholic_coverup.html

Hopefully they can find a next pope who will be "innocent" in deed as well as name.

[Anonymous]

You cite a 2010 article as impetus for today's press release? Come on folks, the language was very specific that "strength of mind and body" are necessary to adequately fulfill the responsibilities of Petrine ministry. His health has been in steady decline. I applaud what must have been a difficult decision to step down when it became obvious he could no longer properly fulfill his responsibilities as head of the Church.

[Anonymous]

My dad says Peter Turkson would be a great choice! Because his views on the role of contraception in the African AIDS epidemic are sure to save many, many lives.

[Anonymous]

Peter Turkson is also black and would become the 112 Pope. Ties in beautifully with conspiracy theorist, end of the world prophets and Hollywood movies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This documentary blow the lid off the church. The Pope had to resign after this stuff got out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/


You aren't serious, are you? A work of fiction with biblical and historical inaccuracies and you are calling it a documentary?

No, it is real. They may have changed the names, but other than that, it's true to life.

If your blind blief in a work of fiction as a "documentary" wasn't so scary, it would be funny.

This is the greatest response ever!!! I literally laughed out loud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You cite a 2010 article as impetus for today's press release? Come on folks, the language was very specific that "strength of mind and body" are necessary to adequately fulfill the responsibilities of Petrine ministry. His health has been in steady decline. I applaud what must have been a difficult decision to step down when it became obvious he could no longer properly fulfill his responsibilities as head of the Church.

No statute of limitations on covering up for child rapists.

[Anonymous]

From Scott Hahn:

Back on April 29, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI did something rather striking, but which went largely unnoticed.

He stopped off in Aquila, Italy, and visited the tomb of an obscure medieval Pope named St. Celestine V (1215-1296). After a brief prayer, he left his pallium, the symbol of his own episcopal authority as Bishop of Rome, on top of Celestine's tomb!

Fifteen months later, on July 4, 2010, Benedict went out of his way again, this time to visit and pray in the cathedral of Sulmona, near Rome, before the relics of this same saint, Celestine V.

Few people, however, noticed at the time.

Only now, we may be gaining a better understanding of what it meant. These actions were probably more than pious acts. More likely, they were profound and symbolic gestures of a very personal nature, which conveyed a message that a Pope can hardly deliver any other way.

In the year 1294, this man (Fr. Pietro Angelerio), known by all as a devout and holy priest, was elected Pope, somewhat against his will, shortly before his 80th birthday (Ratzinger was 78 when he was elected Pope in 2005). Just five months later, after issuing a formal decree allowing popes to resign (or abdicate, like other rulers), Pope Celestine V exercised that right. And now Pope Benedict XVI has chosen to follow in the footsteps of this venerable model.

[Anonymous]

Very much more serious is the role of Joseph Ratzinger, before the church decided to make him supreme leader, in obstructing justice on a global scale. After his promotion to cardinal, he was put in charge of the so-called "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith" (formerly known as the Inquisition). In 2001, Pope John Paul II placed this department in charge of the investigation of child rape and torture by Catholic priests. In May of that year, Ratzinger issued a confidential letter to every bishop. In it, he reminded them of the extreme gravity of a certain crime. But that crime was the reporting of the rape and torture. The accusations, intoned Ratzinger, were only treatable within the church's own exclusive jurisdiction. Any sharing of the evidence with legal authorities or the press was utterly forbidden. Charges were to be investigated "in the most secretive way ... restrained by a perpetual silence ... and everyone ... is to observe the strictest secret which is commonly regarded as a secret of the Holy Office … under the penalty of excommunication." Nobody has yet been excommunicated for the rape and torture of children, but exposing the offense could get you into serious trouble. And this is the church that warns us against moral relativism! (See, for more on this appalling document, two reports in the London Observer of April 24, 2005, by Jamie Doward.)

[Anonymous]

Come on. The man is almost 86 years old. He had submitted his request to retire THREE times before he had been elevated to the Papal Throne (bishops can retired after the age of 75 and he was elected pope at 78). In fact he is the oldest man to be elected to the Papacy since the 18th century (5th oldest ever out of 265 popes). In fact, only 3 popes ever have been older than he is now.. He has lasted 8 years in office and has had several age-related health issues from his mid-70's on, so he's been suffering health problems for at least 10 years. He's tired and wants to retire. Just as with any major occupation, the stress of high offices can magnify and exacerbate existing health issues. It doesn't have to be anything as extreme as Alzheimer's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on. The man is almost 86 years old. He had submitted his request to retire THREE times before he had been elevated to the Papal Throne (bishops can retired after the age of 75 and he was elected pope at 78). In fact he is the oldest man to be elected to the Papacy since the 18th century (5th oldest ever out of 265 popes). In fact, only 3 popes ever have been older than he is now.. He has lasted 8 years in office and has had several age-related health issues from his mid-70's on, so he's been suffering health problems for at least 10 years. He's tired and wants to retire. Just as with any major occupation, the stress of high offices can magnify and exacerbate existing health issues. It doesn't have to be anything as extreme as Alzheimer's.

Sure! It's the most common thing in the world. After all, the last time it happened was over half a millennium ago during a multi-Pope power-struggle. Nothing to see here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peter Turkson is also black and would become the 112 Pope. Ties in beautifully with conspiracy theorist, end of the world prophets and Hollywood movies.

112 since St Malachy's profecy. 260something since Peter.

So he would be Peter the Roman... Neat! Looking forward to Dan Brown's next book or some other cheap crap to be found in airplane terminals...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This documentary blow the lid off the church. The Pope had to resign after this stuff got out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/


You aren't serious, are you? A work of fiction with biblical and historical inaccuracies and you are calling it a documentary?

No, it is real. They may have changed the names, but other than that, it's true to life.

If your blind blief in a work of fiction as a "documentary" wasn't so scary, it would be funny.

This is the greatest response ever!!! I literally laughed out loud.

Actually, it was the subsequent rejoinder that was brilliant. Was it all a carefully plotted trap?