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Source: Reuters Sa Kapistahan ng Mahal na Birheng Maria ng Lourdes, Feb 11, 2013, sa oras natin, February 12, 2013 sa oras ng Europa ay ipinahayag ng Sto. Papa ang kanyang pag iiwan sa kanyang tungkulin bilang pinuno ng sambayanang Kristiyano na may bilang na 1.2 bilyong katoliko sa boung mundo. Siya ay unag Papang umalis sa kanyang tungkulin mula noong Middle ages, 700 dang taon na ang nakakalipas. Bagamat hindi ito ang tinaguriang kaugalian ng simbahan kahit na mahina at may sakit ang Papa, ito ay nakasaad sa Canon Law sa pagbibitiw ng mga tungkulin ng mga Klero.Sa mga Klero kasama na rin dito ang mga Obispo. Ang papa ay nabibilang rin sa mga hanay ng Obispo bilang Obispo ng Diyosesis ng Roma bagamat siya ang pinakamataas sa lahat. Walang specific na nakalagay sa papa tungkol sa pagbibitiw ng tungkulin ngunit ang mga obispo ay hinihinging magpadala ng sulat ng pagbibitiw pag abot nila ng edad na 75. Sa kanyang edad na 85 ay ibinigay niyang kadahilanan sa kanyang pagbib...

MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Basilica of St John Lateran Holy Thursday, 5 April 2012 Dear Brothers and Sisters! Holy Thursday is not only the day of the institution of the Most Holy Eucharist, whose splendour bathes all else and in some ways draws it to itself. To Holy Thursday also belongs the dark night of the Mount of Olives, to which Jesus goes with his disciples; the solitude and abandonment of Jesus, who in prayer goes forth to encounter the darkness of death; the betrayal of Judas, Jesus’ arrest and his denial by Peter; his indictment before the Sanhedrin and his being handed over to the Gentiles, to Pilate. Let us try at this hour to understand more deeply something of these events, for in them the mystery of our redemption takes place. Jesus goes forth into the night. Night signifies lack of communication, a situation where people do not see one another. It is a symbol of incomprehension, of the obscuring of truth. It is the place whe...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, At this Holy Mass our thoughts go back to that moment when, through prayer and the laying on of hands, the bishop made us sharers in the priesthood of Jesus Christ, so that we might be “consecrated in truth” (Jn 17:19), as Jesus besought the Father for us in his high-priestly prayer. He himself is the truth. He has consecrated us, that is to say, handed us over to God for ever, so that we can offer men and women a service that comes from God and leads to him. But does our consecration extend to the daily reality of our lives – do we operate as men of God in fellowship with Jesus Christ? This question places the Lord before us and us before him. “Are you resolved to be more united with the Lord Jesus and more closely conformed to him, denying yourselves and confirming those promises about sacred duties towards Christ’s Church which, prompted by love of him, you willingly and joyfully pledged on the day of your priestly ordination?” After this homily, I sha...