Pope renounces Vatican

[Bonobo]

Isn`t it normal that an aging man tries to find peace and quiet before his final journey? I perfectly understand him. The media definitely make too much fuss about it.


27.02.2013 11:55
UPDATED - About a thousand Poles gathered at the Vatican today for Pope Benedict XVI's final General Audience before he steps down from the throne of St. Peter.
Father Piotr Studnicki of Rome's Polish Church of St Stanislaw told Polish Radio that three groups had applied for official tickets, and that the numbers will be boosted by individual pilgrims.
“We are seeing an influx of individuals, who having learnt about the abdication, decided to come to Rome especially for this audience, believing that they will be taking part in a historic event,” he said.
As many as 200,000 people attended the General Audience on St. Peter's Square this morning, and 50,000 applied for registered tickets, according to the Vatican.
The 85-year-old pontiff will greeted pilgrims in his white 'popemobile.'
Pope Benedict XVI will officially cease to be pontiff at 8 pm local time on Thursday, and he will be flown by helicopter to Castel Gandalfo, summer residence of the popes, about 24 km outside Rome.
Thereafter, he will be known as 'pope emeritus'.
Pope Benedict announced his impending abdication on February 11, citing his age and physical frailty.
During his final homily last Sunday, he stated that “the good Lord has called me to climb unto the Mount, to dedicate myself ever more to prayer and meditation.”
He is the first pontiff to step down in almost six hundred years, following the abdication of Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
The Holy See has altered the rules concerning papal conclaves, so that Benedict's successor can be elected before Holy Week.
Normally, the conclave starts between 15 and 20 days after the papal throne is made vacant.
A final date has yet to be chose
- See more at: www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/128444,Poles-bid-Pope-farewell#sthash.cmDw7oDL.dpuf

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Konstantin Petrou Kavafis


Che fece...il gran rifiuto

For some people the day comes
when they have to declare the great Yes
or the great No. It’s clear at once who has the Yes
ready within him; and saying it,

he goes forward in honor and self-assurance.
He who refuses does not repent. Asked again,
he would still say no. Yet that no—the right no—
undermines him all his life.

1901


Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard

[Bonobo]

Nice poem. But what did the poet try to convey through:
the right no

[jeanne]

Feb 28, 2013 20:32:13 GMT 1 tufta said:

Konstantin Petrou Kavafis


Che fece...il gran rifiuto

For some people the day comes
when they have to declare the great Yes
or the great No. It’s clear at once who has the Yes
ready within him; and saying it,

he goes forward in honor and self-assurance.
He who refuses does not repent. Asked again,
he would still say no. Yet that no—the right no—
undermines him all his life.

1901


Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard

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Post by Bonobo on Feb 28, 2013 at 3:01pm
Nice poem. But what did the poet try to convey through:
the right no

Yes, I have been pondering what "the right no" is. Does anyone want to give it a guess?