{"id":2517,"date":"2012-03-25T08:57:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T15:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2012-03-25T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T16:00:15","slug":"enter-the-cane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/enter-the-cane\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter the Cane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/B16-with-cane.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/enter-the-cane\/pope-benedict-xvi-uses-a-walking-stick-as-he-boards-his-plane-to-leave-for-his-pastoral-visit-to-mexico-and-cuba-at-fiumicino-international-airport-in-rome\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/B16-with-cane.jpg?fit=610%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"610,451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;REUTERS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Pope Benedict XVI uses a walking stick as he boards his plane to leave for his pastoral visit to Mexico and Cuba at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome March 23, 2012. Pope Benedict begins his first visit to Mexico on Friday with the Roman Catholic faithful hoping he will deliver a strong message of peace to temper a brutal drugs war in the deeply religious country.  REUTERS\/Max Rossi (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1332495060&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Pope Benedict XVI uses a walking stick as he boards his plane to leave for his pastoral visit to Mexico and Cuba at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pope Benedict XVI uses a walking stick as he boards his plane to leave for his pastoral visit to Mexico and Cuba at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI uses a walking stick as he boards his plane to leave for his pastoral visit to Mexico and Cuba at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome March 23, 2012. Pope Benedict begins his first visit to Mexico on Friday with the Roman Catholic faithful hoping he will deliver a strong message of peace to temper a brutal drugs war in the deeply religious country.  REUTERS\/Max Rossi (ITALY &amp;#8211; Tags: RELIGION)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/B16-with-cane.jpg?fit=610%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/B16-with-cane.jpg?resize=300%2C221\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pope Benedict XVI uses a walking stick as he boards his plane to leave for his pastoral visit to Mexico and Cuba at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/B16-with-cane.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/B16-with-cane.jpg?w=610&amp;ssl=1 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"drop\">On his current trip to Mexico and Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI has been spotted using a cane to steady himself. I suppose I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised, after all the Pope at 85 is one of the longest-lived Popes in history &#8211; though he still has a long way to go if he wants to catch up to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leo_XIII\" target=\"_blank\">Leo XIII<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>ould that I would be in such good shape in 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Let us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?page_id=1123\" title=\"Oremus pro Pontifice\" target=\"_blank\">pray for the Pope<\/a>. Ad multos annos!<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the trip, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/daily-news\/popes-visit-to-cuba-historic-visit-at-vital-time1\/\" target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his current trip to Mexico and Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI has been spotted using a cane to steady himself. I suppose I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised, after all the Pope at 85 is one of the longest-lived Popes in history &#8211; though he still has a long way to go if he wants to catch up to Leo XIII! Would [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-EB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":105375,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/happy-birthday-father-benedict-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":2517,"position":0},"title":"Happy Birthday, Father Benedict!","author":"Thom","date":"16 April 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"the 93rd birthday of Father Benedict, once Pope Benedict XVI. 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By the time he was in his thirties, his abbot had given him permission to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":107816,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-saint-in-dantes-inferno-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":2517,"position":2},"title":"A Saint in Dante&#8217;s Inferno","author":"Thom","date":"19 May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"is the feast of a most remarkable saint, Peter Celestine. 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This was traditionally a time of feasting and festivity (all of which seem to include various varieties of enormous pastries) marking the end of Christmastide and the beginning of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230105T0400-BENEDICT-FUNERAL-1754234-scaled-1.webp?fit=1200%2C833&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230105T0400-BENEDICT-FUNERAL-1754234-scaled-1.webp?fit=1200%2C833&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230105T0400-BENEDICT-FUNERAL-1754234-scaled-1.webp?fit=1200%2C833&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230105T0400-BENEDICT-FUNERAL-1754234-scaled-1.webp?fit=1200%2C833&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230105T0400-BENEDICT-FUNERAL-1754234-scaled-1.webp?fit=1200%2C833&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":107417,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/pray\/","url_meta":{"origin":2517,"position":4},"title":"Pray","author":"Thom","date":"28 December 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Francis has asked us to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict. \"I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is supporting the Church. 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