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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	Pope to resign Feb 11^th, 2013 at 9:19pm Benedict XVI is resigning through ill health. Is it to much to hope the cardinals will pick someone not in his dotage? An African or South American, perhaps?
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it_is_the_light Gold Member Offline Christ Light Posts: 41434 The Pyramid of LIGHT Gender:	Re: Pope to resign Reply #1 - Feb 11^th, 2013 at 9:28pm this was predicted by yours truly all is in accordance with the divine plan namaste -:)
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Re: Pope to resign
Reply #2 - Feb 11^th, 2013 at 9:41pm

Peter Freedman wrote on Feb 11^th, 2013 at 9:19pm:

Benedict XVI is resigning through ill health.

Is it to much to hope the cardinals will pick someone not in his dotage? An African or South American, perhaps?

Yes it is too much to hope..
By the time anyone is well enough know or has enough friends/political power to be nominated for Pope...they're generally 60+, usually 70+

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It's similar to a strawman fallacy"
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 112416 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Pope to resign Reply #3 - Feb 11^th, 2013 at 9:55pm it_is_the_light wrote on Feb 11^th, 2013 at 9:28pm: this was predicted by yours truly all is in accordance with the divine plan namaste - Yes - it's got to be the divine plan - for sure. namaste
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Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2013 at 10:27pm

Here is the full text of why he is resigning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21412609

There is more to it then meets the eye

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Trending in Catholic church, leading bishop has a son just like his God?
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the second man in the Vatican hierarchy after the pope is said to have a thirty year old son.

At the worst possible moment, amid a power struggle within the Vatican with its own VatiLeaks and a butler who is locked up in a Vatican cell for revealing secrets, the man closest to the pope is accused by Italian newspaper Panorama of having an adult son.

A sin for any bishop, but for the Secretary of State of the Vatican an impossible situation if it´s true. In the middle ages it was not unheard of that popes had mistresses and in the case of Alexander XI complete families with sons who got appointed as archbishop. Nowadays the church expects strict celibacy and if that fails, at least secrecy.

That Italian paper Panorama now breaks the secrecy is a signal of the fierce power battle over the dominance by the current Pope and his second man. The Vatican denied the accusation of course and the Cardinal has accused the press of writing fiction worthy of Dan Brown's lurid allegations and intrigues in the Da Vinci Code novel.

"Many journalists like to play at imitating Dan Brown. They continue to make up fairy tales or re-hash legends," he said, but for many observers its obvious that the real power struggle in the Vatican supersedes Dan Brown´s thrillers.

The book by Vatican watcher Nuzzi "Your Holiness" based on the leaked memos will surely get a reprint if this last rumor turns out to be true. It´s actually amazing that most of this ongoing scandal is hardly covered by the US press.

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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26532 Australia	Re: Pope to resign Reply #5 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 4:50am They dont usually resign for ill health though? Dont they usually die as pope? I wonder if theres another reason? SOB
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Re: Pope to resign
Reply #6 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:23am

John S wrote on Feb 11^th, 2013 at 10:27pm:

Here is the full text of why he is resigning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21412609

There is more to it then meets the eye

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Trending in Catholic church, leading bishop has a son just like his God?
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the second man in the Vatican hierarchy after the pope is said to have a thirty year old son.

At the worst possible moment, amid a power struggle within the Vatican with its own VatiLeaks and a butler who is locked up in a Vatican cell for revealing secrets, the man closest to the pope is accused by Italian newspaper Panorama of having an adult son.

A sin for any bishop, but for the Secretary of State of the Vatican an impossible situation if it´s true. In the middle ages it was not unheard of that popes had mistresses and in the case of Alexander XI complete families with sons who got appointed as archbishop. Nowadays the church expects strict celibacy and if that fails, at least secrecy.

That Italian paper Panorama now breaks the secrecy is a signal of the fierce power battle over the dominance by the current Pope and his second man. The Vatican denied the accusation of course and the Cardinal has accused the press of writing fiction worthy of Dan Brown's lurid allegations and intrigues in the Da Vinci Code novel.

"Many journalists like to play at imitating Dan Brown. They continue to make up fairy tales or re-hash legends," he said, but for many observers its obvious that the real power struggle in the Vatican supersedes Dan Brown´s thrillers.

The book by Vatican watcher Nuzzi "Your Holiness" based on the leaked memos will surely get a reprint if this last rumor turns out to be true. It´s actually amazing that most of this ongoing scandal is hardly covered by the US press.

https://plus.google.com/112352920206354603958/posts/H1JkERikJed

That article is from July last year idiot.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 112416 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Pope to resign Reply #7 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:36am I wonder if the Pope will retain his supernatural power of being infallible after he resigns? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_infallibility
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26532 Australia	Re: Pope to resign Reply #8 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:51am God must really hate him huh? SOB
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 112416 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Pope to resign Reply #9 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 7:33am Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:51am: God must really hate him huh? SOB What about his infallibility?
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aquascoot Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 36479 Gender:	Re: Pope to resign Reply #10 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 8:34am Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:51am: God must really hate him huh? SOB i thought you said god doesnt exist, if he doesnt exist, how can he hate someone?
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KJT1981 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1822	Re: Pope to resign Reply #11 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 8:45am Bobby. wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 7:33am: Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:51am: God must really hate him huh? SOB What about his infallibility? What about your stupidity?
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26532 Australia	Re: Pope to resign Reply #12 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 8:59am aquascoot wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 8:34am: Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:51am: God must really hate him huh? SOB i thought you said god doesnt exist, if he doesnt exist, how can he hate someone? Obviously a joke. Look it up on google the definition is out there. SOB
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26532 Australia	Re: Pope to resign Reply #13 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 8:59am KJT1981 wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 8:45am: Bobby. wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 7:33am: Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:51am: God must really hate him huh? SOB What about his infallibility? What about your stupidity? Go away troll SOB
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Re: Pope to resign
Reply #14 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 9:01am

KJT1981 wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 8:45am:

Bobby. wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 7:33am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:51am:

God must really hate him huh?

SOB

What about his infallibility?

What about your stupidity?

Dear KJT,
so now they will elect some other chump to wear that stupid hat & call himself infallible.
The whole saga is absurd but I suppose you believe in it?

you are forgiven

namaste

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