NOT IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS HAS IT BEEN THAT A POPE HAS RESIGNED.
POPE BENEDICT TODAY - FEBRUARY 11TH, BROKE THAT RECORD. HE CLAIMS HIS BODY AND MIND AT AGE 85 ARE NOT UP TO THE JOB AND DUTY OF BEING THE POPE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
SO HE STEPS DOWN ON FEBRUARY 28TH AT 8 PM.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONCLAVE (100 PLUS CARDINALS) WILL THEN START TO DECIDE AND VOTE (A 2/3 MAJORITY NEEDED) ON WHO WILL TAKE THE OFFICE OF "POPE."
POPE BENEDICT WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BEING QUITE CONTROVERSIAL AS A POPE. MANY IN THE RC CHURCH DID NOT LIKE HIS CONSERVATIVE STAND ON ABORTION, SAME SEX MARRIAGE, AND NO WOMEN PRIESTS. SOME THINK HE WAS TOO SLOW IN ACTION (AND NOT TOUGH ENOUGH ACTION) ON THE SEXUAL ABUSE CASES THAT ROCKED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. OTHERS WILL POINT TO HIS MORE POPULAR THINGS HE DID WHILE BEING POPE.
SOME FACTS ON THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH:
IT HAS ABOUT 1.2 BILLION MEMBERS WORLDWIDE.
IT IS ONE OF THE FEW "CHRISTIAN" CHURCHES THAT IS INCREASING IN MEMBERSHIP.
ONE IN FOUR USA PEOPLE ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC, BUT THAT IS DUE TO IMMIGRATION, OTHERWISE THE STATS WOULD NOT BE CLOSE TO ONE IN FOUR.
HALF OF USA ROMAN CATHOLICS DO NOT AGREE WITH THEIR CHURCH TEACHING ON ABORTION, SAME SEX MARRIAGE, AND NO WOMEN PRIESTS.
COULD IT BE THIS TIME AROUND A MUCH YOUNGER POPE WILL BE ELECTED, HENCE WITH A VIEW OF BEING IN THAT OFFICE FOR A LONG TIME (WITH AN AVERAGE LIFE-SPAN) - TIME WILL TELL.
THE CARDINALS ARE LOCKED IN A ROOM, NO TV, NO INTERNET AND THE SUCH LIKE. AS LONG AS THE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING REMAINS BLACK, NO POPE HAS BEEN ELECTED; WHEN THE SMOKE IS WHITE, IT SIGNALS A NEW POPE HAS BEEN CHOSEN.
OVER THE NEXT COMING YEARS IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE AND HOW THE NEW POPE WILL TAKE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, AS THE 21ST CENTURY MOVES ALONG.
THE RC CHURCH HAS A "TOP-DOWN" GOVERNMENT. THE TRUTH ABOUT CHURCH GOVERNMENT I HAVE EXPOUNDED IN DETAIL ON MY WEBSITE (keithhunt.com)
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