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Dad leaves
February 28, 2013 Svetlana Solodovnik
Today, the official renunciation of Benedict XVI should take place today. Yesterday, he last turned to believers on St. Peter Square, saying that he believes: the Catholic Church has a future. “I feel that the Lord directs our church on the right path,” said Pontiff.
He admitted that, being on the papal throne, he experienced both joyful and difficult periods. The decision to renounce the throne was not easy for him, and he went to it "not for the sake of himself, but for the good of the Church."
Dad did everything to facilitate the attachment to the new pontiff: he changed the rules for holding a conclave, which would be gathered earlier than the 1996 Roman Catholic Church Constitution-not between the 15th and 20th day from the release of the papal throne, which would fall the earliest on March 15, and even before this period. The Italian press calls the numbers on March 7-8 or the 11th. In the interests of the Vatican, to reduce the current tense and fraught with new revelations as much as possible. The main thing is that all cardinals (younger than 80 years old) have to arrive in Rome.
He refused to disclose the data of a secret report intended exclusively for himself, saying that he would transmit it personally to the new pontiff. Previously, some Italian media called on the Consciousness to give publicity this report - the result of the activities of the Cardinal Commission in the so -called Vatyllus case. The high -profile case was connected with the transfer of Benedict XVI Secret Documents of the Vatican (including the letters of the pope) to the journalist and writer Dzhanluji Nuzci, who wrote on their basis the book “Your Holiness”, published in the spring of 2012. NUCSI accused the papal officials of corruption (first of all, under the aim was the Bank of the Vatican) and homosexual connections.
Today, from 20.00 Moscow time, Pope Benedict XVI will be called Pontifex Emeritus - “Honorary Pope”. The title was invented specifically for him. Already in the evening he will leave the Apostolic Palace and by helicopter will go to the summer papal residence of Castel Gandolfo. The dad’s account on Twitter will be closed. And in the Vatican at 23.00 Moscow time they will announce the Sede Vacante mode, that is, the regime of the “vacant throne”. He will act before the election of the new dad.