With the news that the current head of the worlds 1.3 Billion Roman Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI is to abdicate on health grounds (rather than die, which has been the traditional route for giving up the Papacy), the world was stunned.
However, for several hours, no one really knew what to say ......
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| God Speaks Out? |
However, for several hours, no one really knew what to say ......
Although not unknown, the last instance was 4 July 1415, when Pope Gregory
XII resigned his office as part of a settlement to end the farce of the "The Great Schism" when there were three rival Popes (two of whom are considered to be Anti-Popes). But one voice appeared to speak out after lightening struck St Paul's Basilica in Rome that night.
Now in an earlier age (or in certain areas even now?), this would have been seen as an omen of Gods displeasure ..... Christian worlds would have trembled, Crowns wobbled and Empires been shaken .....
What a difference two hundred years or so makes ...... Thank God!!
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