'He's right you know - we've never had a Pope Tony.'
MAC
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| Author: | Madeline [ 11 Feb 13, 15:23 ] |
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Pope Benedict XVI announces he is to resign BBC |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 11 Feb 13, 16:11 ] |
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Here is the Pope's resignation announcement in full: "Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonisations, 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 recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil 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." Mirror |
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| Author: | JimD [ 12 Feb 13, 22:20 ] |
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'He's right you know - we've never had a Pope Tony.' MAC |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 13 Feb 13, 14:23 ] |
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  Great Mac strikes again.
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| Author: | Madeline [ 13 Feb 13, 14:24 ] |
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Pope Benedict thanks public for 'love and prayers' BBC |
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| Author: | JimD [ 13 Feb 13, 17:08 ] |
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 Frank Boyle |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 20 Feb 13, 14:02 ] |
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Don't put it pass Tony, he did convert after all...
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| Author: | Madeline [ 20 Feb 13, 14:03 ] |
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Pope Contender Cardinal Peter Turkson Says No Priest Sex Abuse In Africa Because Of Anti-Gay Laws www.huffingtonpost.co.uk |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 20 Feb 13, 19:44 ] |
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Pope Contender Cardinal Peter Turkson Says No Priest Sex Abuse In Africa Because Of Anti-Gay Laws www.huffingtonpost.co.uk |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 22 Feb 13, 20:06 ] |
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Pope Benedict XVI's Resignation Linked To Probe Into ‘Vatican Gay Officials' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 25 Feb 13, 14:11 ] |
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Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigns as Archbishop By Robert Pigott BBC |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 26 Feb 13, 11:09 ] |
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By Steve White Mirror CARDINAL KEITH O’BRIEN Jimmy Savile and the Cardinal: Britain's top Catholic cleric was friend of disgraced TV host |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 27 Feb 13, 11:03 ] |
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The crimes of the Catholic church: not in our names If the church had listened to ordinary churchgoers – especially its women – so much pain could have been avoided Joanna Moorhead www.guardian.co.uk |
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| Author: | JimD [ 27 Feb 13, 17:31 ] |
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AUF WIEDERSEHEN, POPE Pope Benedict Resigns: I Have Given Up Private Life, Says Pope At Last General Audience HuffPost |
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| Author: | JimD [ 01 Mar 13, 0:54 ] |
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Pope Ends Papacy With Dramatic Bond-Style Helicopter Exit From Vatican  HuffPost |
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