BREAKING NEWS: Pope to resign

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ahs said:
Here’s some more details on the Pope’s announcement and Jimmy Akin’s initial reaction/comments:

jimmyakin.com/2013/02/first-thoughts-on-pope-benedicts-resignation.html

The duties of the Pope have never been more demanding I think (at least in recent times), and it’s only a recent trend in modern medicine that allows for a man in any position to proceed through his work at 85 years of age. Anyway…I look forward to greeting whomever the Holy Spirit will move the Cardinals to elect as our next Pope. 🙂
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Thanks. I think Jimmy’s point here:It’s good that this happened “out of the blue,” rather than when there were calls for a papal resignation. The latter could encourage divisivenessis accurate that divisiveness could have ensued if there had been calls for resignation followed by resignation. That being said, calls or no calls, I think the Holy Spirit must be the ultimate guide, and not shouting masses, a la the Barrabas incident…
 
Still no news about the monastery.

Does anyone know which religious communities have houses within the Vatican? I was only aware that Mother Teresa’s sisters had a house there, but I presumed the state is too small and it would be too inconvenient to have monasteries there. More specifically, which community has a house there that’s undergoing renovation?

It’s a monastery of nuns – I would imagine that the nuns would have to leave since they don’t mix men with women there?
 
PazzoGrande said:
Still no news about the monastery.

Does anyone know which religious communities have houses within the Vatican? I was only aware that Mother Teresa’s sisters had a house there, but I presumed the state is too small and it would be too inconvenient to have monasteries there. More specifically, which community has a house there that’s undergoing renovation?

It’s a monastery of nuns – I would imagine that the nuns would have to leave since they don’t mix men with women there?
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I think I heard it was the Mater Ecclesia Monastery. I think that it is a fine location for the Holy Father. I’m not sure if that link is to the same monastery.
 
Memaw said:
The Pope is always infallible whenever he speaks on matters of faith and morals. Infallibility covers lots of things, it is not as narrow as you think!. God Bless, Memaw.
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Pope Benedict XVI would disagree with you. In the foreword to Jesus of Nazareth, he writes:
It goes without saying that this book is in no way an exercise of the magisterium, but is solely an expression of my personal search “for the face of the Lord” (cf. Ps 27:8). Everyone is free, then, to contradict me. I would only ask my readers for that initial goodwill without which there can be no understanding.
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This book is certainly about matters of faith, and it was written while he was Pope, but (as Pope Benedict himself admits) it is not infallible. The Pope is only infallible when speaking ex cathedra, and most of the time he is not doing so even when he is discussing faith and morals.
 
RoseMary131 said:
Memaw, can you explain what you mean?

Only when the Pope speaks infallibly from the Chair on matters of faith and morals is it an infallible statement. The last infallible statement - the last time a Pope exercised infallibility was 1950 - The Assumption of Mary.

Peace.
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The Pope is infallible whenever he speaks to the whole church on Faith, (what we believe) and Morals), (how we live that belief). In the Church Councils, in Canonizing Saints and when he speaks of something unchangeably true, like that only men can be priests… Check with Catholic Answers to learn more about it. God Bless, Memaw.
 
Thanks to the media I now realize that Pope Benedict XVI is the fourth Pope to resign. As a 70 year old cradle Catholic who never questioned the teachings of the faith, I find myself confused that the leader of 1.1 billion Catholics can just simply walk away from a calling inspired by the Holy Spirit. I now ask myself, how am I to conduct myself during tough times when my spiritual leader throws in the towel.
 
Norgor42 said:
Thanks to the media I now realize that Pope Benedict XVI is the fourth Pope to resign. As a 70 year old cradle Catholic who never questioned the teachings of the faith, I find myself confused that the leader of 1.1 billion Catholics can just simply walk away from a calling inspired by the Holy Spirit. I now ask myself, how am I to conduct myself during tough times when my spiritual leader throws in the towel.
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You’re not alone in that. I’m 28 and something of a scholar in Conclaves and I feel the same. It somehow diminishes the prestige of the Papacy.

But God is still in control, and I think it’s safe to say that the resignation is also done by Inspiration of the Spirit. It took wisdom and courage to do what Benedict XVI is about to do; God didn’t abandon him but perhaps gave him that wisdom and courage he needed to do this.

God is making way for something special. In 1978, people wondered the same: how could God have given us a Pope only for him to die in a month? Yet, as then-Cardinal Ratzinger believed, it was only through the short pontificate of John Paul I that made the pontificate of John Paul II a possibility.

This is extraordinary, but God is telling us to pay attention and get ready to be amazed.
 
Norgor42 said:
Thanks to the media I now realize that Pope Benedict XVI is the fourth Pope to resign. As a 70 year old cradle Catholic who never questioned the teachings of the faith, I find myself confused that the leader of 1.1 billion Catholics can just simply walk away from a calling inspired by the Holy Spirit. I now ask myself, how am I to conduct myself during tough times when my spiritual leader throws in the towel.
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What a sad way to think of this.
I am 10 years younger than the Pope and I know I could never keep up with his pace. I can see he has become more frail in the past year or so. His Dr.s will not allow him to fly anymore, so that should tell us something!.I totally respect his decision. If you have never questioned the teachings of the Faith, why start now. Trust the Holy Spirit to continue guiding the Church as Christ promised the Gates of Hell would never prevail against it. I am anxious to see what God has in store for us in the future. I pray for our Holy Father and also for our next Pope. Fr, John Hardon S.J. told me many years ago that it is an exciting time to be a Catholic and our faith will be tested much like the early Christians were. I thank God for our present Pope and I also thank Him for our next Pope, whoever he is. God Bless, Memaw
 
Mark1124 said:
Pope Benedict XVI would disagree with you. In the foreword to Jesus of Nazareth, he writes:

This book is certainly about matters of faith, and it was written while he was Pope, but (as Pope Benedict himself admits) it is not infallible. The Pope is only infallible when speaking ex cathedra, and most of the time he is not doing so even when he is discussing faith and morals.
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There is a huge difference between the Pope speaking to the whole Church on matters of Faith and Morels, (Infallibility), and the Pope writing a book even if it does contain things about faith and morels. Sad to say, many Catholics do not understand the meaning of true Infallibility. I have a sneaky feeling just about everything this Pope says or writes has something to so with our faith but certainly not all is infallible. Would do us all good to listen to his wise words anyway. God Bless, Memaw
 
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