Pope Benedict XVI held the final audience of his pontificate before a sea of faithful in Saint Peter's Square on Wednesday, a farewell that he said wouldn't mark the end of his life in public.
Addressing the crowd, the pope said he faced a "difficult and trying" decision in relinquishing leadership of Roman Catholicism's more than one billion faithful, a step he will take Thursday evening.
Although he plans to retire to a life of study and prayer, the pontiff told the crowd on Wednesday that there was no going back to his prepapal life, noting that his election eight years ago marked the end of "any privacy."...
Now's the time to place your bets whose going to be the next Pope. Benny has been stacking the deck, with conservative cardinals during his tenure, but sometimes these guys don't behave the way they are expected to, Cardinals begin pre-conclave talks in Vatican.
Who's going to be picked is of more interest to gamblers than Christians, because The Pope and the Papacy are anti-Christian.
Ah, an amusing interview with Cardinal Pell of Australia. He's a dullard when it comes to theology, but still quite the politician when it comes at talking out of both sides of his mouth, this one has a short transcript, Pell's Critique of the Departing Pontiff and one that really shows how well he can dance around topics, Pell stands by criticism of Pope's leadership (Video).
He's one that makes me glad and thankful I'm a Christian not a Catholic, and I would admit, he probably make atheists even glad they aren't Catholic.
John Yurich USA wrote: Maybe the next Pope will do away with mandatory celibacy for priests and nuns permit priests and nuns to marry. And it is totally false to state that the whore of the Book of Revelation is the Catholic Church. There will not be one church that is the whore of the Book of Revelation but will be all churches that have false doctrines.
An Archbishop(Evaristo?) in Latin America has been very vocal towards allowing Priests to marry, it would be a step in the right direction
Maybe the next Pope will do away with mandatory celibacy for priests and nuns permit priests and nuns to marry. And it is totally false to state that the whore of the Book of Revelation is the Catholic Church. There will not be one church that is the whore of the Book of Revelation but will be all churches that have false doctrines.
America wrote: John UK Amen! To your first comment. Lol concerning your second comment.True, indeed that's what would happen!
Yes, I've no doubt it has happened many times with the mass-doubting priests, who needed some remedial treatment to restore their "faith" in the magic show.
Jim Lincoln wrote: We can also hope that Benedict's resignation will start a trend, until a Pope is picked gives the The Roman Road sermon, and then not only quits ...the Papacy, but quits the Romish Church, and urge his listeners to do the same.
It could even transpire, that while Mr Ratzinger is ensconsed at the papal retreat before being oblivionated at the monastery on the hill in Vatican City, the Lord could visit him as he did visit Mr Luther, and convince him that righteousness acceptable to God - namely his own - could be attained very simply by trusting in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, who loved sinners, lived for sinners, and died for sinners, and arose again for sinners, and is even now interceding for sinners, and coming again for those sinners who received eternal life as a free gift of God by grace alone. That would be great news.
But unfortunately, the Roman hierarchy would hush that up as well, or proclaim the former pope as suffering from senility.
And in line with what "America," said I will add quote from the article from a priest from Lincoln Nebr.! who was in Rome for all this pagentry.
Kilcawley wrote: Whenever things are reported about the Church, it's about the problems. We focus on this and forget the Lord is calling us through these problems to a deeper relationship,
Now, I'll leave off his Romish title, because of course it isn't Christian, but in the way he did speak the truth all Catholics should be Exchanging Religion for a Relationship (PDF).
Anyway, it's good to see Lincoln getting publicity--which isn't entirely bad.
We can also hope that Benedict's resignation will start a trend, until a Pope is picked gives the The Roman Road sermon, and then not only quits ...the Papacy, but quits the Romish Church, and urge his listeners to do the same.
Maybe in his studies that he undertakes in his retirement,the LORD will reveal to him the gospel of grace that saves,thru the Lord Jesus Christ alone.Not a false system of works and man made traditions!!!
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