Comments on: The Church? She will go on. Let us do so as well.

By: abadilla

abadilla — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:11:00 +0000

“Popes are human…” Thank you for sharing. I’m sure we are all so idiotic, we didn’t know that!

By: Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:33:00 +0000

Hi Tom ~ Wouldn’t it be “Jesus ben Joseph?” ~ Greg

By: Tom Crowe

Tom Crowe — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:27:00 +0000

Oh, so you call him “Jesus bar Joseph” every time to refer to Him? Or did you think his “full name” is “Jesus Christ”? … so what were you saying again?

By: Tom Crowe

Tom Crowe — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:26:00 +0000

Yes, I too hope that the next pope is as unifying and conciliatory a figure as Pope Benedict has been.

By: Tom Crowe

Tom Crowe — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:25:00 +0000

David— Apologies. I, too, am stunned and not just a little off-put by the announcement. But part of grieving is coming to terms with the reasons we can and must go on. Perhaps I move on to those more quickly than others. Especially with regards the Church, I think it vitally important to avoid any attachment to any one person in any position of authority, remembering that the Church and the the Church’s Lord are all that are of essential importance—everything else can and will be taken care of by the Lord in His time, in His way.

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:07:00 +0000

It would be nice if you also call Him Our Lord, the Savior, Christ. That would show a bit more respect on your part for the Man who will one day judge the living and the dead!

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:04:00 +0000

We Catholics call him “His Holiness,” bishops “your excellency” and Cardinals, “your eminence,” but be that as it may, you can’t hide your true feeling for H.H. Benedict XVI. Tranxtian, sooner or later you and I will be dead and six feet under and no one will remember who we were, but history will always record the fact that his eminence Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI.

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:59:00 +0000

“I hope the next Pope helps to unite our church instead of trying to divide us.”
Your comment could not be more disgusting and uncalled for at a time when many of us are sad at his resignation. I got news for you, what divides people is NOT this Pope but the teachings of Christ because St. Simeon once told the Blessed Virgin Mary, He [Jesus] would be a sign of contradiction. Shame on you!

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:56:00 +0000

Yes, many of us grieve precisely because we love this Pope. Is there anything wrong with that?

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:54:00 +0000

“Let people grieve a little bit.” I understand what you are saying because I’m still stunned at the news and I feel very, very sad for his resignation, but a Catholic website could not wait while the rest of the media is at it. Have you seen the news media lately? They can’t stop talking about it and the speculation is on full force regarding his possible successor.