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Catholic Culture
By Phil Lawler February 18, 2013
Several informative and/or provocative commentaries on the Pope’s resignation and the impending papal conclave appeared over the weekend:
• “Benedict’s ‘wager’”–David Warren mentions the ignorance of the mainstream media, emphasizes that the Church’s main enemy is the power of secular ideology, and observes that Pope Benedict encountered a great deal of resistance from inside the Church. He suggests that the papal resignation is a “gamble,” with the Pope banking on the Holy Spirit to break the stalemate that he has encountered:
Benedict is saying, in effect, “Lord you must act in these circumstances, which have passed beyond my power.” And praying thus, as he will continue to pray, with all the gravity of a man who has represented, as Priest before God, more than a billion living Catholics. He is taking the weight of this upon himself, as he has taken the weight of the consequences of his decision.
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