[Magdalen] German RC bishop speaks boldly

[Jon Egger]

I call Benedict the Dowager Pope.

Grace and peace,
brud

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Carter is definitely productive, "Bennie", um, not so much.  He looked
> dead before he retired.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 2/12/2016 8:04 PM, Joseph Cirou wrote:
>
>> Maybe you should have qualified it with "voluntarily"  There are Popes
>> who resigned before death, but in the past with circumstances, such as
>> exile for the Pope who was sent to the mines to reconcile with St.
>> Hippolytus (the first antipope) St Celestine who recognized that he was
>> administratively incompetent, Martin V to heal the Great Western Schism and
>> perhaps a few others.
>>
>> Bennie was the first to simply "retire" considering his age, but he will
>> soon join Jimmy Carter and other who are still productive into their 90's
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
>>> Sent: Feb 12, 2016 4:31 PM
>>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] German RC bishop speaks boldly
>>>
>>> Not socially progressive, but he *is* the first Pope ever to retire
>>> before
>>> he died.  He set a precedent there....
>>>
>>> Ann
>>>
>>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>>> Buffalo, NY
>>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>>> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> B16 is German, but *hardly* progressive! I see him as pretty far right,
>>>> in
>>>> fact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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