tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post2485927846970079966..comments2024-03-24T11:22:15.548+00:00Comments on Lustig's Letter: The Pope's resignation: setting a precedent?Robin Lustighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-48919895729172343082013-02-14T16:38:05.248+00:002013-02-14T16:38:05.248+00:00There is no clear rules for papal resignation. The...There is no clear rules for papal resignation. The rules allow a pope to step down or retire from his duties - without anyone's permission, except his own.<br />Papal resignations include:<br />1. Gregory XII, in 1415 as resolution to end Great Western Schism in which 2 rivals had separately declared themselves pope. <br />2. Celestine V in 1294, who had only been in the position for less than 6 months. He was 89; Celestine had set his resignation up by issuing THE DECREE that made it possible for a pope to resign.<br />(Pope Boniface VII woould not allow Celestine V to resign in peace; he had him captured and held prisoner in a castle outside of Rome until his death 18 mos. later.<br />In the 20th century, three popes are reported to have written letters of resignation.<br />1. Pius XII, who was pope from 1939 to 1958, wrote his after the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Pius is reported to have signed a letter that stated that should he be kidnapped by the Nazis, he should be considered as having resigned his as pope.<br />2. Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) and <br />3. Pope John Paul II (1978-2005), with concerns that the Church could find itself with an incapacitated pontiff due to failing health.<br />Technically, a papal resignation leaves the church in the same state as it is after a pope has died: The post is vacant until a successor is chosen. There are also no precise rules as to how a new pope is to take over.<br />Under Canon 332 of the Code of Canon Law, the only conditions that need to be fulfilled for resignation are that the decision be made freely and that it be "manifested" properly.Gaye Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881763124748309634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-4715485389449836392013-02-12T11:16:27.057+00:002013-02-12T11:16:27.057+00:00Perhaps we are in the end-times. I provide a good ...Perhaps we are in the end-times. I provide a good link to that which I refer, allowing readers to read as much as they will:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes<br />Watch for name chosen by new pope.Gaye Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881763124748309634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-88250103139296422802013-02-11T23:26:01.575+00:002013-02-11T23:26:01.575+00:00The Catholic church is in shambles and disrepute--...The Catholic church is in shambles and disrepute-- from child molesting, Irish ´slave labour´, money laundering and intrigues.<br /><br />´Diminishing Strength: Weakness and Vatican Intrigues Plagued Pope´<br /><br />http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/benedict-xvi-announces-resignation-for-health-reasons-a-882701.html<br /><br />-- http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-germany-goes-crazy-at-rose-monday-parades-fotostrecke-93062-11.html<br /><br />(copy and paste links)quietoaktreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-28155036273028197032013-02-11T18:33:18.593+00:002013-02-11T18:33:18.593+00:00Och, you are being awfy nice to the old Pontiff wi...Och, you are being awfy nice to the old Pontiff with his steel clad underthings. Way too retro for me and failed 'greatest good for greatest number test.' MacHaggisnoreply@blogger.com