Former Pope Benedict has said he resigned after ‘God told me to’ during what he called a ‘mystical experience’, a Catholic news agency reported.
Benedict, whose formal title is now Pope Emeritus, announced his shock resignation in February and became the first pontiff to step down in 600 years.




‘God told me to do it,’ the Zenith agency quoted Benedict as saying to a visitor to the convent in the Vatican gardens where he is living out his retirement in near isolation.
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God told me to do it’: Benedict, whose formal title is now Pope Emeritus, announced his shock resignation in February and became the first pontiff tostep down in 600 years.




‘Mystical experience’: According to the Rome-based Zenith, Benedict (right) said the more he observes the way Pope Francis (left) carries out his papalduties, the more he realised the choice was ‘wanted by God’
According to the agency, Benedict told his visitor, who asked to remain anonymous, that God did not speak to him in a vision but in what the former pope called ‘a mystical experience’.



According to Italian media, Benedict’s decision to step down was influenced by the various scandals that blighted his eight-year papacy, including the arrest of his personal butler for leaking private documents alleging corruption in the Vatican.




Cause of retirement? According to Italian media, Benedict’s decision to step down was influenced by the various scandals, including the arrest of his personal butler, Paolo Gabiele (left) for leaking private documents alleging corruption in the Vatican (right: St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican)
He was succeeded by Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who was elected as the first non-European pontiff in 1,300 years.



According to the Rome-based Zenith, Benedict told his visitor that the more he observes the way Francis carries out his papal duties, the more he realised the choice was ‘wanted by God’.




Last Sunday, Benedict spent a day at the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, to escape the heat of the capital.
The visit indicated that the 86-year-old ex pope’s health was good enough for him to travel. There had been media reports that since his resignation, Benedict’s health had deteriorated dramatically.




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this news is misleading. its as if d reporter is speaking with two mouths at d same time. so tell me: did he say that he resigned because of the mystical experience he had or because of the corruption in d vatican?

How I wish presidents can act like this man. Knowing his rule was not too good, he had to leave for someone else...

Other pastor's please note:

It is not your work... It is God's work!

Good for him as he listened to the voice of God.

Kudos sir

Exemplary leader

ledafaze: How I wish presidents can act like this man. Knowing his rule was not too good, he had to leave for someone else...

Other pastor's please note:

It is not your work... It is God's work!

Sorry but nowadays, it is the pastors' "business".

The poorest church rat now drives a bentley

God bless you Pope. Meanwhile SUSWAM WILL STILL COME OUT AND LIE AGAIN THAT ASUU STRIKE WILL SOON END NEXT WEEK WHEN HE KNOWS THAT NEXT MEETING WILL END IN DEADLOCK AND HIS SITTING ALLOWANCE WILL INCREASE! GEJ, SUSU, SGF, OKONJO, RUFAI, LABOUR MINISTER ARE ALL LIARS. ASUU CHAIRMAN SAYS NO GOOD PROGRESS HAVE BEEN MADE AND STRIKE MAY NOT END NOW!!!

Pls o is it the same pope that took pics with NICKI MINAJ or another wan
Jos asking o, i later heard that he converted to islam, how true is that Jos asking o, No offence o

All the best Sire.....

front page thing

Hmm. One moment.

I'm I first, please can someone tell me if I'm first, first it most be, cuz firstly I have never be first (on this nairaland shaa) any ways I don't wanna be first set

unlike some of our leaders in Africa, where greed and power make them hang on to positions in the face of incompetence

Any body can cook up this story.

St$upid gullible Africans and developing world would believe this crap from this man; a supposed HARDCORE NAZI AKA FORMER POPE. Some of us Africans ought to be beaten beyond recognition to get our senses right. God spoke to him and we believe it. Supposed your son came to you and told you God spoke to him, I know 90% of us will look at him in disgust and say....GET OUT FROM HERE IDIOT. But we believe this at face value.

Leave this Old man alone pls.his tenure is gone

sexymoma: Pls o is it the same pope that took pics with NICKI MINAJ or another wan
Jos asking o, i later heard that he converted to islam, how true is that Jos asking o, No offence o

Abeg shift you dey block me

ledafaze: How I wish presidents can act like this man. Knowing his rule was not too good, he had to leave for someone else...

Other pastor's please note:

It is not your work... It is God's work!

u must be low on brain juice!!!
Did he say he wanted to leave?

sexymoma: Pls o is it the same pope that took pics with NICKI MINAJ or another wan
Jos asking o, i later heard that he converted to islam, how true is that Jos asking o, No offence o

the Pope didnt covert to islam. Its just a fake islamic propaganda.

Pope don resign, he don resign, wetin una wan make we hear again.

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Pope u no hear say ASUU dey on STRIKE..YOU don reign during ur tym so BABA PACK WELL















#ASUUCALLOFFPLS

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good

GOD also resigned after a MYTHICAL experience.

the write up is not clear enough.

What can I say if it's God that asked him to step down? He did the right thing to obey God's instruction, but I didn't know that serving God has tenure; I only know that we serve God even to the end, like Jesus said, "but whoever holds on to the very end shall be saved." matt10:22
And besides op, this post is as if the author was trying to make it long-- too many irrelevant repetitions.

sexymoma: Pls o is it the same pope that took pics with NICKI MINAJ or another wan
Jos asking o, i later heard that he converted to islam, how true is that Jos asking o, No offence o

.
Non is true oooo





i really LOVE dis man....

My papacy...God b wit YOU






unlike our stupid nd greedy leaders....

Who knows d bishop of d whole word?bishop dr. Miyeri jesu,d demon destroyer aka osu akpeje,jesus holiness founder nd leader Gods grace ministry....chai onli You wit diz meni names?




God HELP us....len frm d Pope emeritus...stepin down frm such a HIGH position..really HUMBLE!!!

Blessmira: Pope don resign, he don resign, wetin una wan make we hear again.

Omo, the thing tire me oo