tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post8754549864749821819..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Il gran rifuitoJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-8827626382441021052013-02-12T21:11:24.873+00:002013-02-12T21:11:24.873+00:00I am not Catholic and I was not particularly surpr...I am not Catholic and I was not particularly surprised but, had he stayed on, I imagine there would be ways of handling increasing incapacity.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-82234292297099440892013-02-12T16:58:43.013+00:002013-02-12T16:58:43.013+00:00I had to look up gabion; it is a new word for me, ...I had to look up gabion; it is a new word for me, but not a new concept. In Eastern Washington State, there is a desert/badlands where there are few trees and lot of rocks. They use gabions there as fenceposts.<br /><br />I think your response to the Pope's retirement is also your answer to the commment about centanarians grinning foolishly in the anniversary photo. There is no such thing as a foolish centenarian. The old have wonderful stories to tell which connect us to our origins. If they are incapable of telling stories, their presence connects us to the past, and ourselves to the future. My grandchildren ( and God willing great-grandchildren) will have some memory of me. I remember my grandmother (born in 1888) who remembered (I presume) her grandmother and her stories of her grandmother. Those memories/stories span a potential 10 generations pivoted on the present! Occasionally an individual life is meaningful in a larger sense, we can all recount those; it is the web of our communal lives which generates our world community and racial (ie homo sapiens) memory.<br /><br />I am glad you had a good walk. I am sure you feel renewed and rejuvenated. What a good way to start Lent.SarahSeattlehttp://www.sarahknits.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-89268178912069376972013-02-12T16:34:02.389+00:002013-02-12T16:34:02.389+00:00What is the church's stand if the Pope became ...What is the church's stand if the Pope became incapacitated? I'm thinking there would be an even bigger mess if a Pope developed Alzeimers but couldn't be replaced until death.<br /><br />Your walk sounds wonderful. I must get out and see if our daffodils are blooming yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-14046837934806941862013-02-12T16:06:17.296+00:002013-02-12T16:06:17.296+00:00I think it says something about the Pope recognizi...I think it says something about the Pope recognizing one's limits. There could have been a fair amount of pressure as well for him to resign. He made quite a mess and having him futzing about in later years would have driven his handlers crazy.<br /><br />We have lambs here showing up in the Willamette Valley. I hope some show up for you soon!FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-10534232349080625512013-02-12T14:01:46.432+00:002013-02-12T14:01:46.432+00:00And then there is this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/...And then there is this:<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21421810Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-26217151327689135202013-02-12T12:51:13.286+00:002013-02-12T12:51:13.286+00:00One wit suggested that "Benedict was giving u...One wit suggested that "Benedict was giving up being Pope for Lent". That does put chocolate in its place, eh? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-510392793046495642013-02-12T12:43:42.792+00:002013-02-12T12:43:42.792+00:00Latin text of the papal pronouncement here: http:...Latin text of the papal pronouncement here: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2013/february/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20130211_declaratio_lt.html<br />Somehow it seems even more waffling in the Latin.<br />I'm not a Catholic, but you make a good point about how this change seems inappropriate for the office. I assume Benedict is motivated, in part, by John Paul II's later years, but surely he should have seen this coming when he accepted the calling in 2005.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com