MikaHaeli8 wrote:

DoubleD wrote:Apparently this is the first time since 1415 that a Pope has resigned while in office. Wow.

Personal disinterest in religion notwithstanding, this is a pretty stunning fact.

Same here, this is history in the making.

We should call Robert Langdon, just in case.

I hope this isn't all they talk about on the news. When the last Pope died the coverage drove me crazy.

Fine I'll do it. Wear's my robe?

Peace wrote:I hope this isn't all they talk about on the news. When the last Pope died the coverage drove me crazy.

Especially since this circus will last until late March.

I have to admit I'm interested in the politics behind this decision, though.

Celestin wrote:

Peace wrote:I hope this isn't all they talk about on the news. When the last Pope died the coverage drove me crazy.

Especially since this circus will last until late March.

I have to admit I'm interested in the politics behind this decision, though.

I'm not.. at all. They are all crooks.

Sorry to any of my Catholic friends here. I just never got The Catholic Church. It made less sense then being a Methodist.

Peace wrote:

Celestin wrote: Especially since this circus will last until late March.

I have to admit I'm interested in the politics behind this decision, though.

I'm not.. at all. They are all crooks.

Sorry to any of my Catholic friends here. I just never got The Catholic Church. It made less sense then being a Methodist.

And that is exactly why we should pay attention to them. They are crooks, but influential crooks nonetheless.

The media coverage will be excessive as always, especially since the Catholic Church has always been the Jersey Shore of organized religion. Which is quite an insult... for Jersey Shore.

natalie wrote:We should call Robert Langdon, just in case.

lol

natalie wrote:We should call Robert Langdon, just in case.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Ewan MacGregor is pulling all the strings.

Pope Benedict joins the cast of Star Wars 7.