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In reply to the discussion: Pope Resigns Amid New Docs: Several letters to Ratzinger from Mahoney, 30,000 pages Re: Sex Abuse [View all]Coyotl
(15,262 posts)17. "We are all sinners": Pope Benedict XVI 'resigns' 24 hours after posting mysterious tweet
"We are all sinners": Pope Benedict XVI 'resigns' 24 hours after posting mysterious tweet
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pope-benedict-xvi-head-of-catholic-1703278
.... the papacy will remain vacant until a successor is elected.
In a statement, he said: "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...
"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 recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me."
Just 24 hours before the news broke, the Pope tweeted: "We must trust in the mighty power of Gods mercy.
"We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new."
In a statement, he said: "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...
"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 recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me."
Just 24 hours before the news broke, the Pope tweeted: "We must trust in the mighty power of Gods mercy.
"We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new."
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Pope Resigns Amid New Docs: Several letters to Ratzinger from Mahoney, 30,000 pages Re: Sex Abuse [View all]
kpete
Feb 2013
OP
I don't believe the Vatican bureaucrats have any notion of what outsiders think of the
hedgehog
Feb 2013
#4
The TV is putting it down to heart disease, exhaustion and a secret operation to replace
MADem
Feb 2013
#56
The Vatican should stop being a country of it's own with darker secrets than any other country.
Lint Head
Feb 2013
#9
I was raised in the RCC, and was a practicing Catholic until the Jesuits got hold of me.
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#69
They are bringing in a cover-up expert to handle the details and craft a transistion team
Coyotl
Feb 2013
#27
"We are all sinners": Pope Benedict XVI 'resigns' 24 hours after posting mysterious tweet
Coyotl
Feb 2013
#17
And I thought Pope Maladict had a hard time refilling his Viagra prescription...
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#23
I think that the Penn State thing may have contributed to the Church's undoing.
yardwork
Feb 2013
#35
Paper trails are sneaky things,...sometimes they creep up on you from behind.
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#49
Oh come on! The man is 85 years old, and the reason he's resigning is the sex scandal? "Stay Tuned"!
George II
Feb 2013
#26
Papal "Infallibility" applies only to Ex Cathedra pronouncements, not every-day remarks.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#39
STOP THE PRESSES! The Pope is making his very last state visit before his retirement!
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#40
Well, i'm gonna share this one with a few friends with a sick sense of humor... nt
agracie
Feb 2013
#65
Yeah, I wondered whether or not Anonymous had hacked his e-mail. Someone has the GOODS on this guy.
Trailrider1951
Feb 2013
#44
Any resignation or stripping a priest of his priesthood had to be reported to Ratzinger
happyslug
Feb 2013
#62
The Pope has had a pace maker for years and a recent operation on the pace maker
happyslug
Feb 2013
#63
The bigger question: Why is the laity continuing to put money in the coffers and support the church?
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#68
"Benedict, then... Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, led the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith"
KamaAina
Feb 2013
#80
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, HBO's must see documentary,
mother earth
Feb 2013
#81