Mar 1, 2013
Pope Benedict resigns in disgrace.
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Pope Benedict resigns in disgrace.
Dear friends, I'm happy to be with you, surrounded by the beauty of creation and your well-wishes which do me such good. Thank you for your friendship, and your affection. You know this day is different for me than the preceding ones: I am no longer the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, or I will be until 8 o'clock this evening and then no more.
I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this Earth. But I would still ... thank you ... I would still with my heart, with my love, with my prayers, with my reflection, and with all my inner strength, like to work for the common good and the good of the church and of humanity. I feel very supported by your sympathy.
Let us go forward with the Lord for the good of the church and the world. Thank you, I now wholeheartedly impart my blessing. Blessed be God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Good night! Thank you all!
Off to the sunset he goes, the world's only living former Pope.
To check if there are vacancies at the Vatican
And it is now possible that his most enduring act of public witness to the Gospel will be the remarkable spectacle of a prince of the church voluntarily surrendering the things of this world. Just as John Paul II offered a testament of suffering in his last years, Benedict XVI has given us something rare among the most mighty: an example of Christian piety that was quite unexpected.
Jon Meacham - Benedict XVI: A Papal Benediction - TIME
This. This describes the hate and intollerance we should uphold against the Catholic religion. The scum it is on earth.
It'd be nice to have an American pope.
Weird. I thought popes had to die before resigning, heh. Guess not.
Oh no, whatever shall we do in that month where the world shall be pope-less?
I guess I'll do whatever I usually do, 'cause honestly, the pope doesn't affect my life. Except, I guess, as a subject of conversation in passing.
I don't know about you all, but the news lately gives me the impression that our lives are becoming VERY anime by the day.