Vaticanul a confirmat oficial ca Papa Benedict al XVI-lea va demisiona in data de 28 februarie. Potrivit declaratiei oficiale a Vaticanului, Papa Benedict, in varsta de 85 de ani, nu este apt sa isi continue activitatea din cauza varstei avansate (85 de ani).
Papa a facut un scurt anunt, in limba latina, in timpul unei ceremonii de canonizare, spunand ca nu mai are toata puterea necesara.
Cardinalul Joseph Ratzinger a devenit al 265-lea Papa in Aprilie 2005. Este asteptata o conferinta de presa la ora 13.30 ora Romaniei.
Iata declaratia integrala a Papei Benedict XVI:
Full text of Pope’s declaration
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering.
However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 10 February 2013
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Demisia pe motive de neputirintza (batranete) e, intr-adevar, „nemteasca”. Dumnezeu, foarte probabil, nu e neamtz; cred ca e deja perplex.
Si noi asteptam demisia, pe motive de puscarie, a Papei de la Cotroceni. Ar cam fi timpul….Tara asta tot pierde vremea de cativa zeci de ani incoace… incercand sa traga de timp in dosarele puscariabililor politici, niste scursuri neo-securistice, care ne tot dau lectii de morala de la diverse pupitre de presa.
Hai Daniele inca putin stim ca poti demisia… hai ca scapam si de catedrala si facem spitale.. inca putin …baga tare preafericite urmeaza exemplul…
Si daca facem atit catedrala cit si spitalele, ce se intimpla?
Medicii nostrii zic mereu: operatia a reusit… de aici incolo e treaba lui Dumnezeu. Daca pacientul scapa sau nu cu zile nu mai tine de vointa medicilor. Catedrala este spitalul sufletelor, iar in spitale obisnuite se vindeca doar trupurile. In ambele situatii, ele sint tot treaba lui Dumnezeu.
Sinteti multi indraciti pe bloguri, care aveti boala ateismului, dar pina la urma tot popii va duc si pe voi la groapa, atei asa cum sinteti, nu inainte ca medicii din spitale sa va ajute sa mergeti linistiti si siguri pe lumea cealalta.