In any case, the NSP, which is not a Roman Catholic organization, now decries yet again unholy Jewish evils and supports the Roman Catholic Church in any position it takes either to deny "antisemitism" in its ranks or to promote it! As long as any organization reviles the Jews, we at the NSP support it!
Finally, remember that the Roman Catholiic Church under Pope Pius XII did, in fact, aid former Nazi's and Nazi collaborators just after World War II -- and for good reason, since the Roman Catholic Church was quite afraid (as were the "Allies" in the late 1940's) that parts of Europe might "go communist" -- and any former Third Reich resources which could fight communism were considered legitimate. This held true for the "Allied" view, too -- after all, who sponsored the famed "Gehlen Organization" to fight leftist activity in Germany after the War ended? The United States, of course. That Organization was made up of former Third Reich agents. Read up and learn about it!
Pope says retirement is for 'good of the church'
Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:07 AM EST
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NBCNews.com
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he takes place for his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.
Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that he had reached his decision to resign after prayer led him to conclude it would be for the "good of the church."
His words came in his first public appearance since he announced Monday that he planned to step aside at the end of the month because of his advanced age and declining health.
"I have done this in full freedom for the good of the church, after much prayer and having examined my conscience before God," Benedict said at his weekly general audience speech, according to an English transcript from the Holy See press office at the Vatican.
Benedict, 85, had said in a Monday statement that the papacy required "strength of mind and body," and that both had deteriorated.
The Vatican publicly said Tuesday for the first time that the pope had a pacemaker, but Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said that it was not new. The pacemaker was installed 10 years ago, when Benedict was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Lombardi said. A new battery was put in three months ago in what Lombardi described as a routine procedure.
In Wednesday's remarks, the pontiff said he felt uplifted by the outpouring of support that followed his surprising resignation announcement.
"Thank all of you for the love and for the prayers with which you have accompanied me," he told the packed general audience hall. "In these days, which have not been easy for me, I have felt almost physically the power of prayer -- your prayers."
Benedict also said he had made his decision "knowing full well the seriousness of this act, but also realizing that I am no longer able to carry out the Petrine ministry with the strength which it demands."
The pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger, said Tuesday that Benedict had also been troubled by problems such as the "Vatileaks" scandal in which a butler leaked secret documents.
"You notice that the aging process impacts body and soul, and especially on his strength," Ratzinger said. "And he thinks that with a reduced workload he couldn't carry on this great responsibility, that a younger person is needed to capture the problems of today's time and who has the power to do what has to be done.”
Georg Ratzinger also brought up "the relationship to the Pius Brotherhood" as a problem that troubled the pope.
That organization, formally known as the Society of St. Pius X, fell into a harsh public spotlight in December when its leader, Bishop Bernard Fellay, said Jews were "the enemies of the church." His comment drew criticism from all corners of the church and from the public in general.
-- Karl Wolff III, Director of Communications, NSP. 1488!
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