Black Spirituality Religion : Pope's sudden resignation sends shockwaves through Church

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

In the Spirit of Sankofa,




... Wow! Its been 700 years since this happened This has got to be News...

POPE DOESN'T FEAR SCHISM
At a news conference, chief Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the pope did not fear a possible "schism" in the Church, with Catholics owing allegiances to a past and present pope in case of differences on Church teachings.
The pope, known for his conservative doctrine, stepped up the Church's opposition to gay marriage, underscored the Church's resistance to a female priesthood and to embryonic stem cell research.

Pope's sudden resignation sends shockwaves through Church

Pope Benedict XVI waves during a mass conducted by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, for the 900th anniversary of the Order of the Knights of Malta at the St. Peter Basilica in Vatican February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church, including his closest advisers on Monday when he announced he would stand down in the first papal abdication in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to run the Church through a period of major crisis.
Church officials tried to relay a climate of calm confidence in the running of a 2,000-year-old institution but the decision could lead to one of the most uncertain and unstable periods in centuries for a Church besieged by scandal and defections.
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-resigns-saying-no-longer-strength-fulfill-ministry-112923467.html

Peace In,

 

[nubian noir]

okay, I heard about this on chris matthews show on msnbc. All I can say is this: something in the milk ain't clean with this.

 

[Jahari Kavi]

I was wondering if anyone was going to post about this....I'm not sure how to take this....

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

okay, I heard about this on chris matthews show on msnbc. All I can say is this: something in the milk ain't clean with this.

Yep, something fishy is going on, for sure.

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

I was wondering if anyone was going to post about this....I'm not sure how to take this....

Of course we are going to be on it, this is Destee.com ... best site on the Internet for black people, and people in general, for real... ( they just don't know it yet!)

In fact, we are running two(2) Threads on it:
http://destee.com/index.php?threads/the-pope-abdicates-whats-next.74916/

If you don't like one, there's the other...