"For this reason [failing health], 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," he added.
This is H.U.G.E., folks.
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ReplyDeleteLet the punditry run amok now...
ReplyDeleteIt is what it is, but I wonder who are currently the favorite ones...I've just read that Arinze can't participate.
Well, the punditry, of course, has begun...Fr. Angelo Geiger offers some insightful predictions about the impact of this news from the point of view of perennial rad-trad controversy.
DeleteAnd for the record, Steve Kellmeyer's take on the issue is interesting as well.
DeleteAnd Peggy Noonan's (as usual) heartfelt impressions are worth reading, too.
Delete(Fr., sorry for turning your comments into an opinion aggregator...it's just that, unlike everybody, I got this news in the middle of carnival, when our brains here are already shut off...)
No worries. . .I got the news in the middle of one of my Down Times, so I'm not really following it much.
DeleteTo add to Matheus' list, Br. Gabriel Mosher, OP, has put up a beautiful reflection on his blog, eighthway.com.
DeleteThanks Shelly; beautiful indeed (direct link here).
DeleteAfter my initial shock upon hearing this news, and some personal guilt at not praying enough for our dear Pope, I realized all I can do is pray. So that is what I'll do. Really, reading all the views and predictions, etc... won't change a thing, and I have enough to worry about in my own life without adding to it something over which I have no control. So, I will pray. "Thy will be done...."
ReplyDeleteYea. I actually shouted at the congregation Monday morning about all that prophecy BS. I said, "It's all nonsense. Nonsense. NON. SENSE!"
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