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What ever happened to him?? does he get all the bennies of a Pope, or is he a persona non grata?


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I've always wondered that. He said he was retiring "for prayer and self reflection", or something like that.

Sounds kinda' fishy to me. Makes you wonder what really is going on.

I know we don't much pick on peoples appearance here, but Pope Benedict XVI looked exactly like Senator Palpatine. Just saying'.

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Pope Emeritus.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI For details.




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He lives in an old villa former monastery on the grounds of the Vatican.
 
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And paid vacations complete with altar boys.
 
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does he get all the Bennies of a Pope


Big Grin

Seriously, I wish his successor would follow the good Benedict's example. Christmas would be a good time.


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I miss Benedict. He abandoned us to a GDC. Kind of like if Trump resigned and we got the Hildabeast.




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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
I've always wondered that. He said he was retiring "for prayer and self reflection", or something like that.

Sounds kinda' fishy to me. Makes you wonder what really is going on.

I know we don't much pick on peoples appearance here, but Pope Benedict XVI looked exactly like Senator Palpatine. Just saying'.

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I miss Benedict. He abandoned us to a GDC. Kind of like if Trump resigned and we got the Hildabeast.


He left happily/willingly ... or was he moved outta the way for the GDC?





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I miss Benedict. He abandoned us to a GDC. Kind of like if Trump resigned and we got the Hildabeast.

I miss Pope John Paul II


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I miss Benedict. He abandoned us to a GDC. Kind of like if Trump resigned and we got the Hildabeast.

I miss Pope John Paul II

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Originally posted by Fenris:
I miss Benedict. He abandoned us to a GDC. Kind of like if Trump resigned and we got the Hildabeast.


He left happily/willingly ... or was he moved outta the way for the GDC?

We will never know what went on behind the closed doors of the curia. Makes for interesting speculation though because I do not like or trust the GDC, Francis.

I, too, miss Pope John Paul II. He understood the evils of socialism/communism.



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I, too, miss Pope John Paul II. He understood the evils of socialism/communism.


Firsthand experience, having grown up in a free, independent Poland in the '20s and '30s, then suffering under the yoke of Communism in the late '40s, '50s, 60s, and '70s.
 
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Or maybe Benedict felt that he wasn't cut out to be Pope. Or wasn't in good health. Or felt that God was not calling him to be Pope. It may well not have been clear who would be the new pope.

In other words, there may have been nothing nefarious about his resignation.




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When was the last time a pope willingly stepped down? Isn’t it rather highly unusual?





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When was the last time a pope willingly stepped down? Isn’t it rather highly unusual?


It is obviously unusual. Most popes die in office. That means it is unusual, not evil. The church is very closed mouthed, and I know that engenders speculation of all kinds, but that still doesn't mean we know more than we actually know.

I didn't say there isn't a bad motive, just that we can't say that there was. I realize speculating about a bad motive is more fun and is human nature, though.




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When was the last time a pope willingly stepped down? Isn’t it rather highly unusual?


It is obviously unusual. Most popes die in office. That means it is unusual, not evil. The church is very closed mouthed, and I know that engenders speculation of all kinds, but that still doesn't mean we know more than we actually know.

I didn't say there isn't a bad motive, just that we can't say that there was. I realize speculating about a bad motive is more fun and is human nature, though.


Maybe the administrative workload expected of a Pope makes the job less desirable for some who prefer to “judge not, lest ye be judged.”




Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
 
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