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UnrepentantLiberal

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34. Does this mean the Pope lied?

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Mon Feb 11, 2013, 08:19 PM

Feb 2013

What a shock!

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Pope Resigns Amid New Docs: Several letters to Ratzinger from Mahoney, 30,000 pages Re: Sex Abuse [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

Oh, why am I not surprised? CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1

If it wasn't so sad.. Sophiegirl Feb 2013 #37

I would guess he may be very ill so wants to hand pick the next pope to keep libtodeath Feb 2013 #2

As Someone Here Said, Ma'am: He Is Only As Sick As His Secrets.... The Magistrate Feb 2013 #3

than I suspect the man is very ill indeed n/t Tom Rinaldo Feb 2013 #5

I don't believe the Vatican bureaucrats have any notion of what outsiders think of the hedgehog Feb 2013 #4

Follow the money. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2013 #16

The TV is putting it down to heart disease, exhaustion and a secret operation to replace MADem Feb 2013 #56

Presumedly the Pope is in touch with God, and getting divine marching orders. Coyotl Feb 2013 #6

Shrub claimed god spoke to him, too: lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #24

It would not surprise me but it's still speculation so far. randome Feb 2013 #7

Coincidence that HBO just released Mea Maxima Culpa? superpatriotman Feb 2013 #8

I watched it vankuria Feb 2013 #67

The Vatican should stop being a country of it's own with darker secrets than any other country. Lint Head Feb 2013 #9

And they should stop denigrating women and gays. randome Feb 2013 #11

I was raised a Catholic but their attitude towards women Cleita Feb 2013 #13

I was raised in the RCC, and was a practicing Catholic until the Jesuits got hold of me. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #69

You left out the tall hats! Lint Head Feb 2013 #14

Yeah, those too! What were they THINKING??? randome Feb 2013 #15

All hail Dagon, the Fish-God of Babylon! alterfurz Feb 2013 #79

And so it begins. The scandal starts to unfold. Cleita Feb 2013 #10

They are bringing in a cover-up expert to handle the details and craft a transistion team Coyotl Feb 2013 #27

My eyes! Cleita Feb 2013 #29

The liberals have their own candidate. Coyotl Feb 2013 #31

I think you need to put Michael in the Dalai Lama's clothes if you want Cleita Feb 2013 #32

It's not like there are a lot of Moore as Pope memes out there Coyotl Feb 2013 #33

Bingo! nt GiveMeFreedom Feb 2013 #73

Michael Moore would no doubt love that picture. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #72

The worst of both worlds. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #82

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #12

"We are all sinners": Pope Benedict XVI 'resigns' 24 hours after posting mysterious tweet Coyotl Feb 2013 #17

Well that's a sorry version of "I'm sorry". glinda Feb 2013 #50

My first thought after hearing those words was Alzheimer's. Doesn't he act like Hestia Feb 2013 #70

Tax all churches Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #18

+1 hue Feb 2013 #20

Yeah! Tax all those sinners! Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #41

IMHO: Good riddance to bad rubbish & take the Catholic Church with you! hue Feb 2013 #19

Mahoney has done a very, very bad thing. ... eom Kolesar Feb 2013 #21

Boom goes the dynamite! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #22

And I thought Pope Maladict had a hard time refilling his Viagra prescription... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #23

Everybody already KNEW THIS when he got the job.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #25

I think that the Penn State thing may have contributed to the Church's undoing. yardwork Feb 2013 #35

It was the scandals in England that was brought up over there.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #42

Did they have the letters when he was elected as the next Pope? nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #46

Paper trails are sneaky things,...sometimes they creep up on you from behind. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #49

Oh come on! The man is 85 years old, and the reason he's resigning is the sex scandal? "Stay Tuned"! George II Feb 2013 #26

For the last 600 years, Popes have died while holding the title.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #45

To Show My Heart is In the Right Place Wolf Frankula Feb 2013 #28

oops glinda Feb 2013 #30

Does this mean the Pope lied? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #34

He wasn't infallible until he became Pope, right? Coyotl Feb 2013 #36

Not gonna happen. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #38

Papal "Infallibility" applies only to Ex Cathedra pronouncements, not every-day remarks. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #39

STOP THE PRESSES! The Pope is making his very last state visit before his retirement! backscatter712 Feb 2013 #40

Well, i'm gonna share this one with a few friends with a sick sense of humor... nt agracie Feb 2013 #65

That is ill. riqster Feb 2013 #76

oh my arely staircase Feb 2013 #43

Yeah, I wondered whether or not Anonymous had hacked his e-mail. Someone has the GOODS on this guy. Trailrider1951 Feb 2013 #44

GMTA idwiyo Feb 2013 #55

Power mongers never give it up amuse bouche Feb 2013 #47

The worst part is that we even have to consider stuff like this. calimary Feb 2013 #48

I predict he will go the way of Paterno as this unfolds. morningfog Feb 2013 #51

He should rot in jail... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #52

I don't think he will either. Tonight on msnbc they said he'd go to his snappyturtle Feb 2013 #54

And waited on hand and foot by women (nuns). Avalux Feb 2013 #61

the best punishment rickford66 Feb 2013 #53

I really don't understand why Mahony would be writing to Ratzinger. burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #57

Any resignation or stripping a priest of his priesthood had to be reported to Ratzinger happyslug Feb 2013 #62

Pope Ratzinger obviously has "Republican Family Values" Berlum Feb 2013 #58

And here we were all thinking he was just suffering from ill health. tavalon Feb 2013 #59

I KNEW it! (Just like I knew there were no weapons of mass destruction.) joanbarnes Feb 2013 #60

The Pope has had a pace maker for years and a recent operation on the pace maker happyslug Feb 2013 #63

Yeah, resigning in the middle of Lent was a huge tell. n/t me b zola Feb 2013 #64

Am I the only one who sees disturbing parallels to Penn State? n/t eggplant Feb 2013 #66

NO. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #71

The bigger question: Why is the laity continuing to put money in the coffers and support the church? cleanhippie Feb 2013 #68

Guilt, Superstition, and Comraderie DreWId Feb 2013 #74

Who will be the new pope? Can't wait for the swimsuit competition. urbuddha Feb 2013 #75

See the old pope toby jo Feb 2013 #78

My rule of thumb for Bushwhacks probably comes into play here... Peace Patriot Feb 2013 #77

"Benedict, then... Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, led the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith" KamaAina Feb 2013 #80

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, HBO's must see documentary, mother earth Feb 2013 #81

I'm shocked, shocked. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #83