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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy do you think the pope decided to bag it?
(Note: this is not about religion. It is about a man who, in my view, conspired to cover up epidemic levels of pedophilic rape. Pardon my disrespect of the man.)
The reports are about his health.
This is the first such resignation in SIX HUNDRED YEARS. The popes in my lifetime have stayed in the job until they died. Several seemed more frail and infirmed than this guy.
I think he just can't stand himself anymore.
Good riddance.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)The Rat is abandoning a sinking ship before he drowns with it. I do believe that's his motive.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)fact he's heavily invovled with it is about to come out. It's the Capt leaving the soon to be burning ship. AND oh yeah.. the age thing...
Drale
(7,932 posts)Hate is a disease that will eat you from the inside out and the Pope has to spend every day spreading hate of Gays and Birth Control and non-Catholics and everything that doesn't fit into his world view. The stress of all the pedophile cover ups is also probably killing him and he just doesn't want to deal with it anymore.
zappaman
(20,605 posts)He's getting while the getting is good!
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)"and the Vatican's medicine cabinet is out of infallibility pills."
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)More money there.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Something that, obviously, most popes don't get to do when they die in office.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)But, it's because of the child rapes they covered up. And the pope was in it up to his neck or higher.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)That smashing of the ring, and hammering of the pope's head. But that's just me.
Either way we get to have another colored smoke watch. *so exciting*
peace13
(11,076 posts)He has sat on the trunk lid keeping the secrets for too long. He is toast. When will the Catholics wake up to the abuse that children suffer in the name of the church.
Cary
(11,746 posts)I'm 52 and in perfect health and I'd love to retire.
Liberal In Texas
(13,452 posts)Who know?
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)We'll probably never know the truth. They'll try to cover that up along with everything else.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)my mind especially after just seeing the HBO special Mea culpa.
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)agracie
(950 posts)Pour four cups of water into a pan.
Turn heat on high.
Boil the Hell out of it.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)SQUEE
(1,315 posts)So he cant... bag it.
he is converting to Protestant Reformed Church so he can wear black mambos and crocodile ribs on his ol' John Thomas
obnoxiousdrunk
(2,906 posts)more time with his family ??