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Considering the resignation of Pope Benedict, I do not think it is by chance that Pope Benedict canonized and proclaimed Hildegard a saint and a doctor of the Church only a few months ago (October 7, 2012). Might I post a few paragraphs from the following article.

The FALSE POPE – Saint Hildegard

Saint HILDEGARD of BINGEN (d. 1179), the newest Doctor of the Church, wrote that when the new Pope is elected immediately before the Antichrist, a cardinal will kill the elected pope before he is crowned through jealousy, he wishing to be Pope himself. Then when the other cardinals elect the next Pope this cardinal will proclaim himself (anti) Pope, and two-thirds of the Christians will go with him. She notes that this Antipope as well as the Antichrist are descendents from the tribe of Dan. If this private revelation of St. Hildegard turns out to be true, is it possible that this Antipope, who will appear “IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST”, might be the FALSE PROPHET predicted in the book of Revelation (Rev 16:13; 20:10; chap. 13 etc.) who will work hand in hand with the first “beast”, the Antichrist, to subdue and lead the world to the Antichrist?

The Servant of God, ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN, said: “The False Prophet will have a religion without a cross. A religion without a world to come. A religion to destroy religions. There will be a counterfeit church. Christ’s Church will be one. And the False Prophet will create the other. The false church will be worldly, ecumenical (false), and global. It will be a loose federation of churches, religions forming some type of global association, a world parliament of churches. It will be emptied of all divine content and will be the mystical body of the antichrist. The Mystical Body on earth today will have its Judas Iscariot and he will be the false prophet. SATAN WILL RECRUIT HIM FROM AMONG OUR BISHOPS.”

“CARDINAL IVAN DIAS AT LOURDES SAID: “What meaning could the message of Our Lady of Lourdes have for us today? I love to situate these apparitions in the broader context of the permanent and fierce combat between the forces of good and evil, which will continue till the end of time”. Our Lady foresees “the rise of the Antichrist and his attempts to replace God in the life of men; attempts that despite their striking successes, will be nevertheless destined to failure”. The cardinal counsels to pray the Rosary, and to practice the conversion of heart, and to accept sufferings for the salvation of the world. Especially now, he explains, because “The combat between God and his enemy always blazes, even more today, because the world finds itself terribly swallowed up in the swamp of a secularism that wants to create a world without God; of a relativism that suffocates the permanent and immutable values of the Gospel; of a religious indifference which remains imperturbable before the superior good of the things which regard God and the Church”. And then he cites John Paul II: “WE ARE STANDING BEFORE TODAY THE GREATEST FIGHT THAT HUMANITY HAS EVER SEEN. I do not believe that the Christian community has totally understood this. We are today before the FINAL CONFRONTATION between the Church and the anti-Church, between the Gospel and the anti-Gospel”. BUT IT IS THE WOMAN “OF GENESIS AND OF THE APOCALYPSE”, CONCLUDES THE CARDINAL, “THAT WILL COMBAT AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY OF HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS AGAINST THE ENEMY FORCES OF SATAN AND WILL CRUSH THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT.” (Gen 3,15)” (December 13, 2007).

It was interesting the Pope Benedict XVI INVITED CARDINAL BIFFI TO OFFER THE ANNUAL LENTEN RETREAT for the Pope and the top members of the Vatican (Feb. 27, 2007). The cardinal speaks often on the theme of the Antichrist. The Times of London reported in 2004 that the Cardinal described the Antichrist as “walking among us”. “Days will come in Christianity in which they will try to reduce the salvific event to a mere series of values.” It is a key passage in the last work of Vladimir Soloviev, “Tale of the Antichrist”, at the center of Cardinal James Biffi’s reflections. The Russian philosopher, who died in the year 1900 with great acumen, had prophesied the tragedies of the 20th century. In the “Tale of the Antichrist”, recalled the cardinal, “THE ANTICHRIST PRESENTS HIMSELF AS PACIFIST, ECOLOGIST AND ECUMENIST. He will convoke an ecumenical council and will seek the consensus of all the Christian confessions, granting something to each one. The masses will follow him, with the exception of small groups of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants who will resist and will say to the Antichrist: ‘You give us everything, except what interests us, Jesus Christ’.” For Cardinal Biffi, this narrative is a warning: ‘Today, in fact, we run the risk of having a Christianity which puts aside Jesus with his cross and resurrection’.

The last part of the homily OF POPE BENEDICT XVI; Esplanade of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima; before 500,000 people: 13 May 2010:
“WE WOULD BE MISTAKEN TO THINK THAT FATIMA’S PROPHETIC MISSION IS COMPLETE. … At a time when the human family was ready to sacrifice all that was most sacred on the altar of the petty and selfish interests of nations, races, ideologies, groups and individuals, our Blessed Mother came from heaven, offering to implant in the hearts of all those who trust in her the Love of God burning in her own heart. … MAY THE SEVEN YEARS WHICH SEPARATE US FROM THE CENTENARY OF THE APPARITIONS HASTEN THE FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY OF THE TRIUMPH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, TO THE GLORY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY.”

You can find this same document with an introduction and with many references from the Internet that are not included in this document at: “The FALSE POPE – Saint Hildegard”; spir-food.blogspot.it/2013/02/resignation-of-pope-benedict.html.
 
When I woke to the news that Pope Benedict was resigning, I honestly was not surprised. I was indeed shocked, but not surprised. I’ve watched his Angelus prayer faithfully each week. I’ve noticed him getting frail, and thin each time I see him.

His wrist have gotten so skinny. I doubt that he’ll be around long. God Bless Benedict!
 
I guess that makes sense. It still seems open-ended. I could be wrong, but it doesn’t sound like they are necessarily going to delete the account or anything. It more or less leaves it up to the next Pope to decide whether or not to take it up (as it should).
What happens to @pontifex after Papal resignation?
In response to numerous queries as to whether the Holy Father’s twitter account will be permanently shut down following his resignation, Msgr. Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications issued the following statement:
The Twitter account @pontifex was created for the exclusive use of the Pope.
@pontifex will be inactive during the interim period between the renouncement of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of his successor (sede vacante).
@pontifex will be available for use by the next Pope as he may wish.
 
Considering the resignation of Pope Benedict, I do not think it is by chance that Pope Benedict canonized and proclaimed Hildegard a saint and a doctor of the Church only a few months ago (October 7, 2012). Might I post a few paragraphs from the following article.

The FALSE POPE – Saint Hildegard

Saint HILDEGARD of BINGEN (d. 1179), the newest Doctor of the Church, wrote that when the new Pope is elected immediately before the Antichrist, a cardinal will kill the elected pope before he is crowned through jealousy, he wishing to be Pope himself. Then when the other cardinals elect the next Pope this cardinal will proclaim himself (anti) Pope, and two-thirds of the Christians will go with him. She notes that this Antipope as well as the Antichrist are descendents from the tribe of Dan. If this private revelation of St. Hildegard turns out to be true, is it possible that this Antipope, who will appear “IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST”, might be the FALSE PROPHET predicted in the book of Revelation (Rev 16:13; 20:10; chap. 13 etc.) who will work hand in hand with the first “beast”, the Antichrist, to subdue and lead the world to the Antichrist?

The Servant of God, ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN, said: “The False Prophet will have a religion without a cross. A religion without a world to come. A religion to destroy religions. There will be a counterfeit church. Christ’s Church will be one. And the False Prophet will create the other. The false church will be worldly, ecumenical (false), and global. It will be a loose federation of churches, religions forming some type of global association, a world parliament of churches. It will be emptied of all divine content and will be the mystical body of the antichrist. The Mystical Body on earth today will have its Judas Iscariot and he will be the false prophet. SATAN WILL RECRUIT HIM FROM AMONG OUR BISHOPS.”

“CARDINAL IVAN DIAS AT LOURDES SAID: “What meaning could the message of Our Lady of Lourdes have for us today? I love to situate these apparitions in the broader context of the permanent and fierce combat between the forces of good and evil, which will continue till the end of time”. Our Lady foresees “the rise of the Antichrist and his attempts to replace God in the life of men; attempts that despite their striking successes, will be nevertheless destined to failure”. The cardinal counsels to pray the Rosary, and to practice the conversion of heart, and to accept sufferings for the salvation of the world. Especially now, he explains, because “The combat between God and his enemy always blazes, even more today, because the world finds itself terribly swallowed up in the swamp of a secularism that wants to create a world without God; of a relativism that suffocates the permanent and immutable values of the Gospel; of a religious indifference which remains imperturbable before the superior good of the things which regard God and the Church”. And then he cites John Paul II: “WE ARE STANDING BEFORE TODAY THE GREATEST FIGHT THAT HUMANITY HAS EVER SEEN. I do not believe that the Christian community has totally understood this. We are today before the FINAL CONFRONTATION between the Church and the anti-Church, between the Gospel and the anti-Gospel”. BUT IT IS THE WOMAN “OF GENESIS AND OF THE APOCALYPSE”, CONCLUDES THE CARDINAL, “THAT WILL COMBAT AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY OF HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS AGAINST THE ENEMY FORCES OF SATAN AND WILL CRUSH THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT.” (Gen 3,15)” (December 13, 2007).

It was interesting the Pope Benedict XVI INVITED CARDINAL BIFFI TO OFFER THE ANNUAL LENTEN RETREAT for the Pope and the top members of the Vatican (Feb. 27, 2007). The cardinal speaks often on the theme of the Antichrist. The Times of London reported in 2004 that the Cardinal described the Antichrist as “walking among us”. “Days will come in Christianity in which they will try to reduce the salvific event to a mere series of values.” It is a key passage in the last work of Vladimir Soloviev, “Tale of the Antichrist”, at the center of Cardinal James Biffi’s reflections. The Russian philosopher, who died in the year 1900 with great acumen, had prophesied the tragedies of the 20th century. In the “Tale of the Antichrist”, recalled the cardinal, “THE ANTICHRIST PRESENTS HIMSELF AS PACIFIST, ECOLOGIST AND ECUMENIST. He will convoke an ecumenical council and will seek the consensus of all the Christian confessions, granting something to each one. The masses will follow him, with the exception of small groups of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants who will resist and will say to the Antichrist: ‘You give us everything, except what interests us, Jesus Christ’.” For Cardinal Biffi, this narrative is a warning: ‘Today, in fact, we run the risk of having a Christianity which puts aside Jesus with his cross and resurrection’.

The last part of the homily OF POPE BENEDICT XVI; Esplanade of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima; before 500,000 people: 13 May 2010:
“WE WOULD BE MISTAKEN TO THINK THAT FATIMA’S PROPHETIC MISSION IS COMPLETE. … At a time when the human family was ready to sacrifice all that was most sacred on the altar of the petty and selfish interests of nations, races, ideologies, groups and individuals, our Blessed Mother came from heaven, offering to implant in the hearts of all those who trust in her the Love of God burning in her own heart. … MAY THE SEVEN YEARS WHICH SEPARATE US FROM THE CENTENARY OF THE APPARITIONS HASTEN THE FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY OF THE TRIUMPH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, TO THE GLORY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY.”

You can find this same document with an introduction and with many references from the Internet that are not included in this document at: “The FALSE POPE – Saint Hildegard”; spir-food.blogspot.it/2013/02/resignation-of-pope-benedict.html.
God Bless you, thank you for this:)
 
The Vatican published a few details that address some of the questions people had (like, what do we call Benedict after he retires?):

Benedict XVI Will Be Pope Emeritus

Vatican City, 26 February 2013 (VIS) – Benedict XVI will be “Pontiff emeritus” or “Pope emeritus”, as Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, reported in a press conference on th final days of the current pontificate. He will keep the name of “His Holiness, Benedict XVI” and will dress in a simple white cassock without the mozzetta (elbow-length cape).

(read more)
 
Would that be an essential change in Catholic teaching or simply a change in discipline?
A friend and I just were talking about this today. Does the promise of God to his Church extend to a teaching on contraception? And if so why is there ANY talk of it at all. If it is an infallible Dogma then the debate on weather this could happen is over. I think there could be a Pope who leads some astray in theory. I could be wrong. I hope I am.
 
Would that be an essential change in Catholic teaching or simply a change in discipline?
The Church doesn’t condemn contraception per se. (Pius XII approved the birth control pill, albeit for a different purpose.) Humanae Vitae disapproved its use as artificial birth control, however.
 
The Church doesn’t condemn contraception per se. (Pius XII approved the birth control pill, albeit for a different purpose.) Humanae Vitae disapproved its use as artificial birth control, however.
Interesting distinction.
 
Interesting distinction.
And in typical liberal fashion, totally misleading:
Each and every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life (No.11). The Holy Father continued, “This particular doctrine, expounded on numerous occasions by the Magisterium, is based on the inseparable connection, established by God,** which man on his own initiative may not break**, between the unitive significance and the procreative significance which are both inherent to the marriage pact” (Humanae Vitae, No.12).
Why Contraception is Evil and was condemned in HV:
catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=7618
 
And in typical liberal fashion, totally misleading:
Label much? Many so-called “conservatives” are okay with artificial birth control.

As far as Catholics go, there is a distinction.
In 1958, Pope Pius XII had approved use of the pill to treat menstrual disorders. Rock believed it was only a matter of time before the Catholic Church approved its use as a contraceptive.[3]
In 1968 the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae entrenched Catholic opposition to hormonal contraception. Rock was profoundly disappointed. For the first time in his life, he stopped attending Mass.[2]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rock_(American_scientist

Also consider Paul VI’s earlier Progressio Populorum
Population Growth
  1. There is no denying that the accelerated rate of population growth brings many added difficulties to the problems of development where the size of the population grows more rapidly than the quantity of available resources to such a degree that things seem to have reached an impasse. In such circumstances people are inclined to apply drastic remedies to reduce the birth rate.
There is no doubt that public authorities can intervene in this matter, within the bounds of their competence. They can instruct citizens on this subject and adopt appropriate measures, so long as these are in conformity with the dictates of the moral law and the rightful freedom of married couples is preserved completely intact. When the inalienable right of marriage and of procreation is taken away, so is human dignity.
Finally, it is for parents to take a thorough look at the matter and decide upon the number of their children. This is an obligation they take upon themselves, before their children already born, and before the community to which they belong—following the dictates of their own consciences informed by God’s law authentically interpreted, and bolstered by their trust in Him. (39)
Just saying.
 
And in typical liberal fashion, totally misleading:
Your labeling of Pro Vobis’ distinction was both uncharitable and inaccurate. The Catholic Church is not "liberal" jut because it makes precise distinctions in moral theology, especially in such a changing field of bioethics. Even the openness to the marital act* within marriage* can leave room to space it so that it does not occur during fertile periods. You can read Humanae Vitae from stem to stern and never find that oral contraceptives are intrinsically evil. This has never been Catholic teaching. The Church must make careful distinctions to avoid confusion when circumstance of medical science change.
 
It is my understanding that oral contraceptives can act as an abortifacient, on occasion. That would seem to place a different consideration upon it, as a form of birth control.
 
And in typical liberal fashion, totally misleading:

Why Contraception is Evil and was condemned in HV:
catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=7618
To further complicate matters, Pope Paul VI explicitly stated that Humanae Vitae was not an infallible teaching. Even further here’s Pope Benedict XVI … “Above the pope as an expression of the binding claim of church authority,” writes Ratzinger, “stands one’s own conscience, which has to be obeyed first of all, if need be against the demands of church authority.”
 
To further complicate matters, Pope Paul VI explicitly stated that Humanae Vitae was not an infallible teaching. Even further here’s Pope Benedict XVI … “Above the pope as an expression of the binding claim of church authority,” writes Ratzinger, “stands one’s own conscience, which has to be obeyed first of all, if need be against the demands of church authority.”
Can you cite where PPVI said humanae vitae was not infallible?

Also where did BXVI say that. I’d like to see the context.

Honestly asking the questions. I would really like to know the answers to those two things.
 
Can you cite where PPVI said humanae vitae was not infallible?

Also where did BXVI say that. I’d like to see the context.

Honestly asking the questions. I would really like to know the answers to those two things.
Sure thing… I’ll pull the sources when I get home.
 
Can you cite where PPVI said humanae vitae was not infallible?

Also where did BXVI say that. I’d like to see the context.

Honestly asking the questions. I would really like to know the answers to those two things.
My understanding has always been that the document itself was expressly stated not to be infallible - which does not mean the teaching against artificial contraception is not infallible. Not that I can cite any sources off the top of my head.

Put it this way - if I or a future Pope writes that Mary was assumed into heaven, such a document need not, and probably will not, have the same status as Munificentissimus Deus did. The teaching contained therein nonetheless would be infallible and must be definitively held.

There is a history of consistent teaching on the wrongness of artificial contraception well prior to Humanae Vitae, so nothing stands or falls on the status of that document.
 
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