Author Topic: Pope Benedict XVI - how much time does he have? (Read 1560 times)

Matthew · « **on:** June 07, 2012, 10:41:41 PM »

Here are some pictures of him.

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2012, 10:44:27 PM »

It really makes one wonder how soon until the next conclave.

Remember what the Cardinals wanted at the last conclave?

1. Continuity with Pope John Paul II.
2. No more 26 year pontificates for a while!

They didn't elect a rather elderly Cardinal Ratzinger by accident -- they wanted a few years to prepare their "real" choice for the Papacy -- they needed a placeholder as it were, to buy them a few years.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2012, 10:48:00 PM »

He's an old man.

John Paul II was old like that for a long time.

There's no way to know, unless his doctors know more than we do.

Sunbeam · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2012, 05:35:30 AM »

And then what?

Imagine +Fellay being required to concelebrate a balloon Mass in Saint Peter's with Pope Christoph.

Tomas de Torquemada · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2012, 07:35:03 PM »

He's 85. What do you expect him to look like? This is a rather distasteful thread.

TraditionalistThomas · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:46:34 PM »

Quote from: Tomas de Torquemada

He's 85. What do you expect him to look like? This is a rather distasteful thread.

This.

Tomas de Torquemada · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2012, 01:38:45 PM »

magdalena · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2012, 06:56:26 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

It really makes one wonder how soon until the next conclave.

Remember what the Cardinals wanted at the last conclave?

1. Continuity with Pope John Paul II.
2. No more 26 year pontificates for a while!

They didn't elect a rather elderly Cardinal Ratzinger by accident -- they wanted a few years to prepare their "real" choice for the Papacy -- they needed a placeholder as it were, to buy them a few years.

The next Pope? "Peter the Roman." Doesn't this bring us to the Third Secret of Fatima, LaSalette and Our Lady of Good Success? Which is just another reason why +Fellay can't expect for ABL's little Society to bring about a miracle in Rome. That has been given to Our Lady.

catherineofsiena · « **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2012, 07:05:46 PM »

Quote from: magdalena

Quote from: Matthew
It really makes one wonder how soon until the next conclave.

Remember what the Cardinals wanted at the last conclave?

1. Continuity with Pope John Paul II.
2. No more 26 year pontificates for a while!

They didn't elect a rather elderly Cardinal Ratzinger by accident -- they wanted a few years to prepare their "real" choice for the Papacy -- they needed a placeholder as it were, to buy them a few years.

The next Pope? "Peter the Roman." Doesn't this bring us to the Third Secret of Fatima, LaSalette and Our Lady of Good Success? Which is just another reason why +Fellay can't expect for ABL's little Society to bring about a miracle in Rome. That has been given to Our Lady.

magdalena is right. According to prophecy we will have a period of three to four years without a Pope. There will be three or so claimants to the throne and one (who will not be validly elected) will be accepted by many as the true Pope. After that point, we will get Peter the Roman, the last Pope, who will reign until the world's end, about 30 to 40 years later.

I am most worried about people whose belief is so attached to the person of the Pope that if we enter such a period described above, these Catholics will freak out and lose their faith.