Pope Benedict XVI To Resign - Vatican Confirms

[Consuming is good, it's what we're made for]

http://news.sky.com/story/1050513/pope-benedict-resigns-vatican-confirms

Seen this from multiple sources, but this was the first link.

To take effect on the 28th of this month.

[afleitch]

I won't be celebrating just yet; who knows what uber-conservative replaces him.

[Consuming is good, it's what we're made for]

I won't be celebrating just yet; who knows what uber-conservative replaces him.

Pope Santorum I?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I just heard about this.  He lasted a fair amount longer than he was "supposed" to... when they elected him, they allegedly wanted a short-termed Pope.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I just heard about this.  He lasted a fair amount longer than he was "supposed" to... when they elected him, they allegedly wanted a short-termed Pope.

Chernenko, for Vatican standards.

[DC Al Fine]

Enter Peter the Roman...

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Seems to be a good man... I wish him well

[7,052,770]

At least Benedict was liberal on environmental issues, war and health care. Hope the next pope continues the trend.

[Joe Kakistocracy]

Resigning due to old age?!  Did he not fully understand the job description?  JPII battled on right to the end after years of ill health.

[wan]

At least Benedict was liberal on environmental issues, war and health care. Hope the next pope continues the trend.

I agree.

[Consuming is good, it's what we're made for]

Resigning due to old age?!  Did he not fully understand the job description?  JPII battled on right to the end after years of ill health.

My Journalism teacher said the same thing.

[Tokugawa Sexgod Ieyasu]

At least Benedict was liberal on environmental issues, war and health care. Hope the next pope continues the trend.

It wasn't so much that he's been liberal on these or any issues as that these are some issues where Vatican-line Catholic orthodoxy is roughly similar to what could be considered left-wing in secular politics.

Anyway, this is the first time any pope has done this in centuries--the last was during the Western Schism, I think, though I could be wrong or forgetting someone--so it's going to be, to say the least, interesting to see how this is handled.

[Free Speech Enjoyer]

I wonder, what's he going to do in his latter years?

[Franzl]

I wonder, what's he going to do in his latter years?

Enjoy retirement at home in Bavaria, maybe?

[Free Speech Enjoyer]

I wonder, what's he going to do in his latter years?

Enjoy retirement at home in Bavaria, maybe?

Maybe paint a few dogs in his spare time...

[memphis]

Resigning due to old age?!  Did he not fully understand the job description?  JPII battled on right to the end after years of ill health.

Perhaps he's had a Alzheimers/dementia diagnosis. Would the Catholic church be well served by a leader who is insentient?

[Hatman 🍁]

How many of these threads do we need? I've counted 3 so far...

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

How many of these threads do we need? I've counted 3 so far...

Three sounds right for discussing who will be next to wear the triple crown.

[All aboard the Carney-val]

Who knows what the real reason is?

[Paul Kemp]

I wonder, what's he going to do in his latter years?

Paint pictures of himself in the shower.

[Obamanation]

I wonder if he will get a papal funeral when he dies...

[Consuming is good, it's what we're made for]

Ftr, this thread was the first.

[Zioneer]

Come on, first black African Pope...

[Simfan34]

Ftr, this thread was the first.

FTR, I was the first to post this on Wikipedia, so feel free to take solace in this.

[Wiggle Your Yummy Moist Preggers Cake Ben Shapiro]

Come on, first black African Pope...

There have been 3 Popes from Africa, but we don't know if they were Black.