The general consensus is that whoever is elected to be the next Pope will have some very large shoes to fill. See photo à Speculations are rampant on who it will be. The Cardinals who are numbered among the "favorites" include: Cardinal Scola of Venice, Cardinal Ouellet of Canada, Cardinal Turkson of Ghana, among others. My personal preference is, of course, Cardinal Dolan of New York. I find it quite amusing when I hear all these speculations. I could almost put money on it that the Cardinals will elect someone whom nobody has hardly even heard of, and who will turn out to be one of the greatest Popes to date. We need a Pope capable of guiding the Church through the rough waters of today's world. Someone who is able to stand up to her critics and confirm her teachings. We need a Pope who has the energy and willpower of Blessed John Paul II, and the holiness, faith, and intellect of Benedict XVI. The next Holy Father needs to reform the reform of Vatican II (translated: he needs to implement what Vatican II really wanted...not how liberal Catholics misinterperated it). I trust that the Holy Spirit will do his job well, and inspire the Cardinal Electors to choose a truly saintly man to lead Jesus Christ's One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, Church.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Papal Resignation
Well, Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Wait, what??? Popes don't just...you know...quit. Or do they? Apparently they do...as of a couple days ago. Actually, that is false. The first pope to resign was Pope St. Pontian, who resigned in 235 after being exiled by Emperor Maximinus Thrax to the salt mines in Sardinia . In all there have been 10 popes who have stepped down from the Chair of St. Peter, the most recent being Pope Gregory XII in 1415....and now finally Pope Benedict XVI. So now the Church is in a state of limbo. The "Sede Vacante". Although Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone is the "acting head of the Church" as the Camerlengo, we don't really have a leader. This is an historic moment of history.
The general consensus is that whoever is elected to be the next Pope will have some very large shoes to fill. See photo à Speculations are rampant on who it will be. The Cardinals who are numbered among the "favorites" include: Cardinal Scola of Venice, Cardinal Ouellet of Canada, Cardinal Turkson of Ghana, among others. My personal preference is, of course, Cardinal Dolan of New York. I find it quite amusing when I hear all these speculations. I could almost put money on it that the Cardinals will elect someone whom nobody has hardly even heard of, and who will turn out to be one of the greatest Popes to date. We need a Pope capable of guiding the Church through the rough waters of today's world. Someone who is able to stand up to her critics and confirm her teachings. We need a Pope who has the energy and willpower of Blessed John Paul II, and the holiness, faith, and intellect of Benedict XVI. The next Holy Father needs to reform the reform of Vatican II (translated: he needs to implement what Vatican II really wanted...not how liberal Catholics misinterperated it). I trust that the Holy Spirit will do his job well, and inspire the Cardinal Electors to choose a truly saintly man to lead Jesus Christ's One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, Church.
The general consensus is that whoever is elected to be the next Pope will have some very large shoes to fill. See photo à Speculations are rampant on who it will be. The Cardinals who are numbered among the "favorites" include: Cardinal Scola of Venice, Cardinal Ouellet of Canada, Cardinal Turkson of Ghana, among others. My personal preference is, of course, Cardinal Dolan of New York. I find it quite amusing when I hear all these speculations. I could almost put money on it that the Cardinals will elect someone whom nobody has hardly even heard of, and who will turn out to be one of the greatest Popes to date. We need a Pope capable of guiding the Church through the rough waters of today's world. Someone who is able to stand up to her critics and confirm her teachings. We need a Pope who has the energy and willpower of Blessed John Paul II, and the holiness, faith, and intellect of Benedict XVI. The next Holy Father needs to reform the reform of Vatican II (translated: he needs to implement what Vatican II really wanted...not how liberal Catholics misinterperated it). I trust that the Holy Spirit will do his job well, and inspire the Cardinal Electors to choose a truly saintly man to lead Jesus Christ's One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, Church.
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