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Rhiannon12866

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17. He said he no longer has the strength to carry out his duties...

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Mon Feb 11, 2013, 07:33 AM

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'Pope Benedict to resign' - Italian news agency ANSA [View all] muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 OP

Spokesman: Will step down February 28th pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #1

Pope Benedict XVI is to resign on February 28th, according to reports on Italian news agency ANSA. steve2470 Feb 2013 #2

Breaking on CNN as well! Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #3

Did he exonerate the Nazi sympathizer Pope??? n/t malaise Feb 2013 #6

Very rarely muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #8

last time was 1415 krawhitham Feb 2013 #12

And it was another Benedict, Arnold... nt Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #30

Matt Lauer just said that he's "abdicating" as of Feb. 28th due to poor health Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #15

I'd buy that, but why so quickly? 2 weeks? Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #16

He said he no longer has the strength to carry out his duties... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #17

To wave and say things that hurt people? How hard is that? nt valerief Feb 2013 #44

don't forget protecting his child molesters and rapists magical thyme Feb 2013 #49

His lawyers do that for him. He just waves and says evil things. valerief Feb 2013 #50

Time enough to get the cardinals to clear their diaries muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #19

Diaries? You must be British. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2013 #36

I am - do Americans always say "clear my schedule" these days? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #42

I guess they do. I just know that to Americans a diary is usually what a teen-aged girl writes in Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2013 #57

I'm thinking his doctors told him he has Alzheimers and it's a fast-progressing form of the disease Ken Burch Feb 2013 #21

Possibly... RudynJack Feb 2013 #25

well modern medicine's ability to prolong life long past the point of dignity Ken Burch Feb 2013 #27

It's certainly possible. RudynJack Feb 2013 #31

If it were to be something like Pick's disease, he could be incommunicative in a matter of months. woodsprite Feb 2013 #29

I thought that xmas74 Feb 2013 #46

per the Telegraph link above, no specific illness magical thyme Feb 2013 #51

That would imply he has a heart. nt Pale Blue Dot Feb 2013 #53

Well he's shown tremendous compassion magical thyme Feb 2013 #55

Easter is coming soon theKed Feb 2013 #35

That does make the most sense Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #54

I too thought they were to die in office... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #48

Can't say I would be disappointed, LeftofObama Feb 2013 #4

Good n/t malaise Feb 2013 #5

+1 n/t FreeState Feb 2013 #11

Excellent, now another child molester by proxy can take the reigns Mutiny In Heaven Feb 2013 #7

Confirmed by the Vatican theHandpuppet Feb 2013 #9

Seems strange to me, after the last Pope hung in there for years by sheer force of will. eShirl Feb 2013 #38

There's a smoking gun somewhere... PCIntern Feb 2013 #10

My first reaction was to wonder what that butler knew. Skidmore Feb 2013 #20

me too eShirl Feb 2013 #34

or perhaps a smoking censer? n/t. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #22

Last pope to resign was in the 1400s malaise Feb 2013 #13

Nazi Pope, Nazi Pope, Nazi Pope, Fuck Off!! MrSlayer Feb 2013 #14

Be careful of what you wish for on that one. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #23

I did qualify it. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #28

Two of the "Popeable", as it's called, are from Africa LibertyLover Feb 2013 #56

Dookus for pope! PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #18

Early betting odds on successors point to a Ghanaian muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #24

Old Roman saying: pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #32

His successor will be Latino... to help the GOP in 2016. nt stlsaxman Feb 2013 #39

That's a bit US-centric (nt) muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #43

of course it is... stlsaxman Feb 2013 #45

You do have a point LTR Feb 2013 #47

Hillary 2013!! RudynJack Feb 2013 #41

Let's hope it is not someone named Peter..... (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #52

I gotta spend some time on the conspiracy forums today... EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #26

Thank God Atman Feb 2013 #33

Ratzo knows where The Body is buried... stlsaxman Feb 2013 #37

Jimmy Hoffa? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #40