[Magdalen] German RC bishop speaks boldly

[Georgia DuBose]

We like to think of dear Queen Fabiola as the Queen of the Beguines.

Dame Eutrapelia

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> I think Benny may be a tad shorter than Dowager Queen Mary, but they'd
> make a fetching couple with his red shoes and her jewels that made her look
> like a walking Christmas Tree. I don't think any other surviving royal
> spouse has received the title "Dowager" in recent history. I think the last
> one before Queen Mary was her mother-in-law Queen Alexandra the widow of
> Edward VII.  (The retired queens in the Netherlands return to their title
> Princess; I never saw Queen Fabiola of the Belgians referred to as a
> "Dowager" Queen.--although Mother Egregia knows many monsignors who would
> resemble that moniker.
>
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Feb 13, 2016 4:23 PM
> >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> >Subject: Re: [Magdalen] German RC bishop speaks boldly
> >
> >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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