Pope Benedict to Resign- Page 2

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 12:58pm

Oh Jesus (no pun intended) that's the best laugh I've had today.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 1:19pm

"Did he finally save enough for a place on Fire Island?"

Yeah, but only in the Grove.

[madbrian]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 1:25pm

Any Catholic can be elected pope, so I think they should choose Rick Santorum.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 1:26pm

Madonna's a Catholic.

[OperaBwayLover]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 1:33pm

I read somewhere that it is widely rumored he has Parkinson's. All the same, as a Catholic, this news is surprising to me. And there's a part of me that's amused that there are betting pools on who will succeed him. I keep hearing Cardinal Peter Turkson's name tossed about:


NYDN Article on Peter Turkson

[tazber]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 1:34pm

Namo, you are cracking me up!

I needed a good laugh or two today.

[Johnnycantdecide]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:12pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rTIorwtJbhE

[DAME]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:15pm

Rumor has it he had been lip synching his last few services.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:19pm

As long as it wasnt a nip slip.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:32pm

This thread is providing me some much needed laughs to ease over my frustrations over a damned Excel spreadsheet I'm tangling with at the moment. (=COUNTIF,"*F*CKYOUEXCEL*")

[Addison D.]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:34pm

PRAISE BEYSUS!!

[DAME]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:53pm

Excel was created by the devil. Kind of appropriate .

[Renart]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:56pm

"I'm not buying the "health reasons" either. I'm remembering John Paul II being wheeled around when he was clearly just not there."

Exactly the point. Ratzinger was there and saw it all and, being the private person he is, he doesn't want the whole world watching his decline like they did with JPII. BXVI is older now than JPII was when he died.


Updated On: 2/11/13 at 02:56 PM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 3:19pm

Technology has just been letting Carlos down lately

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 3:23pm

^ This would be a true statement.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 3:30pm

Maybe they shouldn't make "private" people the Pope. Not to mention ex-kinder-Nazis.

[Renart]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 4:11pm

"Maybe they shouldn't make "private" people the Pope."

Perhaps not. Which is one of the reasons he wasn't particularly effective in his role. He was more of a "chief of staff" than a "president". Good at organizing behind the scenes but not so good with TV cameras. And it was no secret that he was elected as a "caretaker Pope," just filling in for a few years until a younger, more charismatic pope was elected.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 4:13pm

^ Maybe one who's a little more strict about the whole child rape thing.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 4:21pm

Namo is on a roll today!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 4:53pm

Don't eeeven get me started!

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 5:36pm

HBO is currently showing "on demand" a documentary called MEA MAXIMA CULPA (IIRC). It charts the molestation of many, many boys at a Midwest school for the deaf and then traces what happened (or rather, didn't) all the way up the channels to Ratzinger.

I'm not saying this is the reason for the Pope's retirement, just that the documentary is riveting and horrifying.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:00pm

Oh, Sinead...

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:25pm

I'll throw a different voice into this conversation: I think it was the right and noble thing to do.

We don't know what his health issues are, but, being in a position of power and voluntarily stepping aside is unheard of in these times. He is opening up a path for new leadership.

I don't condone the cover-ups and criminal mismanagement of the abuse scandal. The leadership of the Church needs to be held accountable.

I simply feel a level of compassion for a man who is going to live out the rest of his life in quiet prayer.

I think watching this historic process unfold is going to be fascinating.

Updated On: 2/11/13 at 11:25 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:33pm

^ Beautifully put Addy...

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:48pm

Well his quiet prayers should be begging God not to send him to the lowest depths of hell where he deserves to be fvcked with a barbed wire dildo non stop for eternity.