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THE ONLY IRISHMAN with a vote in choosing the next Pope has asked Catholics to pray for those responsible for picking the Catholic Church’s next supreme pontiff.
Cardinal Seán Brady, the Archbishop of Armagh, is one of two Irish cardinals – but the other, former Archbishop of Dublin Desmond Connell, is discounted from casting a vote in the elections to choose the next pope on the grounds of his age.
Brady said this evening that while news of Pope Benedict XVI’s retirement was “a shock”, he was certain that the outgoing pontiff had deliberately chosen February 11 – the World Day of the Sick, and the feast of Our Lady of Loures – as the date on which he announced his retirement.
“Our Lady always points us to her Son,” Brady said. “In his statement today Pope Benedict pointed us to Christ as the Supreme Pastor of the Church”.
“His announcement today echoes his words on the day he was elected Pope. Then he described himself as a humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. With typical humility, courage and love for the Church he has clearly come to the view that the Lord now wants him to use his remaining physical and spiritual energies by serving the Church in prayer,” Brady said.
I think this is a profound act of humility, a conscientious and responsible decision to hand over the ministry of the successor of Saint Peter in a time of great challenge for the Church and for faith in the modern world.
Brady sought prayers for both the retiring pontiff, thanking him for his “generous service of the Universal Church”, and asked Catholics to pray “for those who will have responsibility for electing his successor.”
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Get ready for a slower phone and a battery that drains faster
So you’re saying it’s worth getting then, Ted?
Don’t upgrade if you don’t want to.
well iphones are significantly faster than any android phone already so don’t let that be an issue. Battery life loss with software updates is less of a problem recently because new updates aren’t doing too much new processing intensive stuff. if you have a iphone 6 or later there’s no reason not to upgrade that i can think of. That being said there isn’t much reason to upgrade either. I’m still rocking an iphone 4s which suits me fine.
Iphones are faster *pfft* lies
I’ve been on iOS 10 for 5 days now (last beta version) on iPhone 5s
Have to say, upgrade was smooth, no issues. Did another reboot when done to be sure.
It’s performing smoothly, seems faster (same apps installed, same space used that I had before)
The new features are good … so far no regrets and battery is as good as it was before if not better…
Gone Feisin. It seems you are on the wrong forum for that sort of comment. It’s not a place for real geeks.
‘Note that we said remove instead of delete. They’re still saved onto your phone – all of Apple’s stock apps take up roughly 150MB’
So…it just hides them, they still take up space.
Just let folk delete them!
Wait till 10.1
Always, early adoption is a guinea-pig’s errand
Has there been ANY resolution on the Power-Display issue? One second your display shows 70% power, the next it’s 14% and you’re getting a ‘Low Power’ warning, unbelievable they’ve not yet resolved it.
Thanks God I still have a 4s.
The best iPhone in my humble opinion. Perfect size to fit snugly into the hand.
Wish I still had my 4S.
Seems some devices are getting bricked. Apple advice is to be sure and have iTunes handy …
Solution
If you still see the Connect to iTunes screen after you restart, you need to reinstall iOS:
Connect your device to your computer using the cable that came with your device. You should see this message: “The software on [your device name] needs to be restored to factory settings or updated.”
Click Update to reinstall iOS. Your personal data is preserved.
It appears to be bringing bricking as a major feature update…not sure if this is a bad thing.
iBrick is a key feature in Apple’s update’s — or asking users to plug their iOS device into a PC.
I want the updates, but I also want to know if my iPhone will become an unusable brick afterwards! Isn’t there an “undo” button somewhere? Help me Steve Jobs!
How do you delete apps now with iOS 10?
I have a 6s and it won’t delete them???
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