Do you agree with Pope Benedict’s decision to resign over his declining mental and physical health?

He should have done it sooner for protecting all of those pedophilie priests. Pedophelia is not a family value.

The comet fell to earth.

If he feels he can no longer can keep up with the challenges of the papacy, he is entirely within his right

He's being very responsible because he is stepping down from his position since he is no longer able to do it properly. I wish all politicians would do the same.

You guys are all acting so pissy just because of a few incidents of kids being abused, I'm sorry but SO WHAT? Why is everyone mad about this and not things that our government has been covering up. You guys are acting like the cover up of the church is the worst thing on earth but what about the stuff our government has done HUH???

Yes. If only our own leaders would have the humility to admit their mental, physical and - I would like to add - intellectual decline, we might be much better off than we are.

I agree with his decision to resign, but not because of his declining physical and mental health. He belongs in jail for helping child molesters get away with their crimes. That why he should have resigned, forget his physical and mental health. Popes are supposed to get old and die on the job, and when they get too old they have some guy do all their duties for them and they become a figurehead.

he has decided that he is getting too old. he wants what is best for his people. so he is stepping down. who can argue with that?

I applaud his decision.

It's a good precedent. A Pope aware that he is no longer capable should step down.

This pope is very brave for stepping down for very good reasons. I hope that he has it easier in his retirement.

Looks like he has some legal troubles...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/wor...


http://www.silverdoctors.com/...

what kind? if you do not know, shut up!

Click the links silly fool.

Learn to write, you have the literacy of a rap star with a third grade education at a fundamentalist Christian school.

Although I'm not catholic and it doesn't matter to me ....I applaud the Pope for understanding the task at hand and realizing his age would not give him the best advantage to get it done...! RAVE for the Pope!

I'm sure we'll hear the real reason he quit soon or maybe after he's dead. Jean Paul II was carted out even though he was dying, quitting isn't the norm. I think there's more to this.

Good for him having the cahoneys to recognise his weaknesses and admit it. I hope and trust he enjoys a few years of well earnt retirement. I'm agnostic/humanist incidentally, so no bias as to his views and policies.

Don't mix GOD and this man-traditions / formulas/ systems/rituals,...seek GOD with --->ALL YOU ARE<---- you will know it too that GOD is far apart from Kingdom of The Cults a.k.a. Babylon Chaos.

If only some other leaders would follow his example.

It's a responsible behavior not often seen in Popes.

I'm Catholic, and all I can say is - THANK GOD!!

He has said many things that have annoyed me, even as an agnostic. His negative words at Christmas still rankle. I am not really concerned with the dealings of the Catholic Church at all.

What a despicable guy

I meant yes!!

I'm part of the ten percent! XD

I feel sorry for your ten percent, in light of this guy's words at Christmas. They inulted me, even as a straight person.

I was joking!!! Didnt you see the whole despicable guy thing?

It is sad that so many so-called Christians are so anti-gay. Good luck to you.

Im agnostic

He might have some skeletons coming out of the closet and he's running for cover. Sure hope not,like the guy.

Perhaps some altar boys who got poked are ready to tell all. That was way too acceptable in the Roman Catholic Church.

who needs a feeble senile man to head the Church? Now he can retire to South America with all the other ex-Nazis and enjoy watching moves of Goose stepping and rounding up Jews for the gas chambers

Well, he is not a Nazi anymore.

I do agree but the lightning strike and prophesy don't provide me with much comfort. I feel strongly that any and everyone should seek to know the Mercy of Jesus Christ ..............DO NOT BE AFRAID.

I do have to wonder, however: How exactly does this work with Papal infallibility? Does he suddenly become no longer infallible?

According to Church doctrine, he is only infallible as Pope. The thing is with this however is that most people misunderstand the doctrine of infallibility. It IS NOT everything a Pope say's or does. It is only by special decree that infallibility becomes a matter of faith (for the faithful).
It has to do with obedience and God's pleasure in His creatures submitting to obedience. Faith is obedience and requires the surrender of ones own free will. Ultimately this submission is an act given in faith to a God who you cannot truly in human form fathom or comprehend. The significance of obedience lies in the sacrifice of yourself in submission to that which you cannot fully know. In emulation of Christ...As He did not know as a fact what each of our individual choices expressed through free will would be as He sacrificed Himself utterly and entirely for us.
Obedience to faith is to protect you in your relationship to God. He lowered Himself to our form as to show what is possible and to give honesty to His justice. His Mercy Though is His essense and His nature.
Ask Him to show you.....Seriously. You don't need to be Catholic or even Christian. If you say the following prayer with an open heart and mind He will reach out for you and offer you love that exceeds anything this world does or could offer.

Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me and on the whole world.
Just please try it?
Try it a lot...Try it 100 times per day for a week?