Pope Benedict XVI Set To Resign From Vatican On Feb 28th Due To Age Issues

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Posted: at 11-02-2013 01:22 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

good for him naa !   afterall body no be firewood

Posted: at 11-02-2013 01:29 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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Posted: at 11-02-2013 02:12 PM (11 years ago) | Grande Master

If only the so called Nigerian leaders can learn from him. Fools like Babangida, Tony Anenih, Obasanjo, Atiku etc should realize that they have since passed the last exit to relevance and give room to younger minds to guide the nation.

Posted: at 11-02-2013 03:13 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie

Also, that old-bag called Queen Elizabeth, whose evil empire forced the marriage called Nigeria for her own benefits should get out of the way too

Posted: at 11-02-2013 03:23 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie

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Posted: at 11-02-2013 03:45 PM (11 years ago) | Grande Master

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Posted: at 11-02-2013 03:53 PM (11 years ago) | Grande Master

yeah
, they said its first time in about 800 years so

Posted: at 11-02-2013 03:59 PM (11 years ago) | Grande Master

Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he would resign on Feb 28 — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March.

The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning.

He emphasised that carrying out the duties of the pope — the leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide — requires "both strength of mind and body".

"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," he told the cardinals. "I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only by 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 St Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary - strengths which, in the last few months, have deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me."

The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 in a deal to end the Great Western Schism among competing papal claimants.

Pope Benedict called his choice "a decision of great importance for the life of the church".

The move sets the stage for the Vatican to hold a conclave to elect a new pope by mid-March, since the traditional mourning time that would follow the death of a pope doesn't have to be observed.

There are several papal contenders in the wings, but no obvious front-runner — the same situation when Benedict was elected pontiff in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II.

Posted: at 11-02-2013 04:24 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

Bt why?

Posted: at 11-02-2013 05:33 PM (11 years ago) | Hero