Ubenedictus:
Go forth, Christian soul, from this world
in the name of God the almighty Father,
who created you,
in the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the living God,
who suffered for you,
in the name of the Holy Spirit,
who was poured out upon you,
go forth, faithful Christian.
May you live in peace this day,
may your home be with God in Zion,
with Mary, the Virgin Mother of God,
with Joseph, and all the Angels and Saints. Amen


Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. (Rom 14:

God bless him and help him as his time here comes to an end

Emmanystone:
Pope, sir. Pls repent from your sins and ask Jesus into your life before you die. It's very important that you have the New Life Christ came to offer.

You believed and worshipped Mary and the Dead saints, that will not get you into heaven. Confess all the fornication you committed with the nuns and all the abortions you made them commit.

Very soon sir, you will meet Him who has no respect of persons. Be sure not to to told, Depart from you worker of iniquity.

Emmanystone:
Pope, sir. Pls repent from your sins and ask Jesus into your life before you die. It's very important that you have the New Life Christ came to offer.

You believed and worshipped Mary and the Dead saints, that will not get you into heaven. Confess all the fornication you committed with the nuns and all the abortions you made them commit.

Very soon sir, you will meet Him who has no respect of persons. Be sure not to to told, Depart from you worker of iniquity.

Sarassin:


Be quiet, you know nothing.
Benedict XVI has written his "Nunc Dimitis" show some respect!

Shaev7:

Have you seek for God's mercy and forgiveness before you ask the Pope to do that? Have you removed the spec from your eyes before you saw that of Pope's? Have you ever in your life try to examine your conscience? If the Pope seek for God's mercy, will you know? Did the Catholic Church doctrines states She worship Mary, have you ever heard it before?
Please, elucidate more in your opinion because its very opaque. In fact, I can't find any point there than 'criticism' which the church faces daily. Yours will not and never count. #Heretical

Emmanystone:

I would have responded to you, but am told to be quiet, i will respect him and be quiet.
Shalom.

Shaev7:
In a rare new letter penned by Benedict XVI, the retired pontiff said he is in the last phase of his life, and while his physical strength might be waning, he is surrounded by a “love and goodness” that he never imagined.

“I can only say that at the end of a slow decline in physical strength, inwardly I am in pilgrimage home,” Benedict XVI said in the letter, published Feb. 7 in Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

He said that “it's a great grace for me to be to be surrounded in this last piece of the road, which is at times a bit tiring, by a love and goodness that I could never have imagined.”

Benedict addressed the letter to Italian journalist Massimo Franco of Corriere della Sera, who was charged with the task of presenting the retired pontiff with letters expressing concern and asking about his well-being five years after resigning from the papacy.

He shocked the world when he announced his resignation Feb. 11, 2013, declaring that the See of Peter would be vacant as of 8p.m. on Feb. 28. A conclave was called to name his successor, and on March 13, 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Bishop of Rome, and took the name Francis.

In his letter, published Feb. 7 on the front page of Corriere della Sera, Benedict said he was moved that so many readers from the paper “want to know how I've spent this last period of my life.”

He said he considers the questions and concerns of the readers part of the love he has experienced, and sees them as “an accompaniment” on the last phase of his life.

“Because of this,” he said, “I cannot but be thankful, on my part assuring you all of my prayers. Best regards.”


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Sarassin:


Be quiet, you know nothing.
Benedict XVI has written his "Nunc Dimitis" show some respect!

Emmanystone:

Sir, the Pope practiced Hellenism and Hellenism is far from Christianity. The celibacy of priesthood is not Jewish but Hellenistic.

Ubenedictus:
celibacy isn't particularly Jewish except among the Essene but its certainly Christian

Emmanystone:

No. It's not. It's Hellenistic. The kind of Prieathood Catholicism practices is Hellenistic. Celibacy in Priesthood is Hellenistic not Biblical.

Emmanystone:

No. It's not. It's Hellenistic. The kind of Prieathood Catholicism practices is Hellenistic. Celibacy in Priesthood is Hellenistic not Biblical.

Ubenedictus:
no sir, the priesthood the Church practices is Christian..

celibacy is itself a Christian thing even though it is also found among some jews,.

Emmanystone:

Shouldn't you drop scriptures to back up your claims? Its not celibacy, but celibacy of the priesthood. I'm celibate, am not a catholic.

Emmanystone:

Shouldn't you drop scriptures to back up your claims? Its not celibacy, but celibacy of the priesthood. I'm celibate, am not a catholic.

AkunnaTochi:
Shouldn't you have equally dropped Scriptures to prove that clerical celibacy is wrong? Just asking.
"He who goes to equity must go with clean hands."

Emmanystone:

I would have responded to you, but am told to be quiet, i will respect him and be quiet.
Shalom.

Emmanystone:

You didn't get it. Celibacy is not wrong, but who or where in Scriptures are you basing your clerical celibacy because it was never practiced whether by the Jews or early Christians, but by Hellenists.

Emmanystone:

You didn't get it. Celibacy is not wrong, but who or where in Scriptures are you basing your clerical celibacy because it was never practiced whether by the Jews or early Christians, but by Hellenists.

Ubenedictus:
my dear, apart from the writers of the Bible how many early Christians do you know who wrote works?


should I take this to mean you disagree with Paul who teaches that celibacy is the preferred state for service to God?

AkunnaTochi:
You have no issues with celibacy, but you do have issues with clerical celibacy. My question is, if celibacy isn't wrong, what makes clerical celibacy wrong? Does the Scripture say it is wrong or are you simply prejudiced?

Ubenedictus:
my dear, apart from the writers of the Bible how many early Christians do you know who wrote works?


should I take this to mean you disagree with Paul who teaches that celibacy is the preferred state for service to God?

Emmanystone:

Did God put an Oder celibacy in the priest He ordained? No. Where did the Catholic got it from? Hellenism.

Emmanystone:

Was paul a priest? did he bexome celibate because there was an order of priesthood which practiced Celibacy? No. Is celibacy in the Priestly Oder Christian? No. Is it Hellenistic? Yes.

Emmanystone:

Was paul a priest? did he bexome celibate because there was an order of priesthood which practiced Celibacy? No. Is celibacy in the Priestly Oder Christian? No. Is it Hellenistic? Yes.

AkunnaTochi:

Whether or not Paul was a Priest is inconsequential, here. The question remains, what is wrong with clerical celibacy? Does the Scriptures say it is wrong?

Ubenedictus:
Paul was celibate some other apostles were married.

those who were already married kept their wives those who weren't like Paul learnt the preferability of the celibate life.


there are still married priest in my Church but as scriptures say the celibate life is preferable.

and yes priestly celibacy is Christian as early Christian writing bear witness.

AkunnaTochi:
Why can't you answer a simple question? Where does the Scriptures say clerical celibacy is wrong or bad?

Ubenedictus:
Paul was celibate some other apostles were married.

those who were already married kept their wives those who weren't like Paul learnt the preferability of the celibate life.


there are still married priest in my Church but as scriptures say the celibate life is preferable.

and yes priestly celibacy is Christian as early Christian writing bear witness.