Source: Jakarta Globe:
Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called for “real renewal” in the Catholic Church at an emotional farewell ceremony with priests from his Rome diocese and told them he would be “hidden from the world” after he resigns at the end of this month.
“We must work for the realization of the real Council and for a real renewal of the Church,” the pope said in a rare off-the-cuff speech, referring to the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s.
“Even though I am retiring for prayer now, I will always be close to all of you and I am sure you will remain close to me even though I will be hidden from the world.”
South African cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, who like Braz de Aviz is seen as a possible successor, meanwhile said the Church was in a state of “profound crisis” and needed a new pope to bring about “spiritual renewal”. Can any one explain how spiritual renewal can be obtained when religion itself becomes void of spirituality?