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02-11-2013, 06:39 AM #1Team Player
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Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Retire
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/wo...ll-retire.htmlPope Benedict XVI Says He Will Retire
ROME — Pope Benedict XVI, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who took office in 2005 following the death of his predecessor, said on Monday that he will retire on Feb. 28, the first pope to do so in six centuries.
Regarded as a doctrinal conservative, the pope, 85, said that after examining his conscience “before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are longer suited to an adequate exercise” of his position as head of the world’s Roman Catholics.
The announcement is certain to plunge the Roman Catholic world into frenzied speculation about his likely successor and to evaluations of a papacy that was seen as both conservative and contentious.
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02-11-2013, 08:43 AM #2Rising Star
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Re: Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Retire
As a history buff this is pretty cool. I went to a Catholic High School as a Protestant. Interesting experience.
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So he can go live in peace with his gay lover
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02-11-2013, 10:04 AM #5IT'S TRIBE TIME NOW!!!
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When I die I don't want no part of heaven, I would not do heaven's work well.
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02-11-2013, 10:41 AM #6YOLO THO BRO
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Do popes even do anything?
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They get to be one of the most powerful men in the world and wear dresses to work every day.
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02-11-2013, 10:49 AM #8IT'S TRIBE TIME NOW!!!
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I wouldn't call the pope a powerful man, just a powerful puppet master.
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The things he decides have an impact on millions of people worldwide and he has access to vaults of information that any historian would kill for. He also controls probably the richest organization in the world, an organization that millions give 10% of their income to for questionable returns. Originally Posted by Pyro
I'd say he's pretty fucking powerful.
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02-11-2013, 10:57 AM #10Admittedly Pompous
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Whatever he decides, it will be the right decision. The guy is infallible.
You were the one who thought psychopaths were so interesting! They kind of get tiresome after a while, don't you think? ~Christopher Walken in Seven Psychopaths
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I think he decided to let the next infallible guy handle this whole "priests having sex with boys" fiasco. Originally Posted by Randolphkeys
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02-11-2013, 11:20 AM #12YOLO THO BRO
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I think it's moreso tied to LIBOR and chemtrails. Originally Posted by Jack Brickman
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02-11-2013, 12:07 PM #13Season Ticket Holder
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Stepping down as the ruler of a organization founded upon a book of fake stories. Great résumé builder.
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02-11-2013, 12:20 PM #14Hall of Farmer
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Now that is insulting to me. Originally Posted by I.K.W.T
Team #Breathy taking over 2013
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Re: Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Retire
Does anyone have a link to where I can apply to become the next pope? I am willing to relocate.
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