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Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 11, 2013 at 1:50pm

Yeah, I saw that on ... CNN, I think it was.  Think we'll get one that isn't so anti-science, this time?

Permalink Reply by Grinning Cat on February 11, 2013 at 2:44pm

I don't have much hope. According to the AP, "Benedict ... has already hand-picked the bulk of the College of Cardinals — the princes of the church who will elect the next pope — to guarantee his conservative legacy and ensure an orthodox future for the church."

Permalink Reply by Ian Mason on February 11, 2013 at 2:07pm

I think he's stopping now so he can play a part in who the next one will be. He'll want one that will continue the conservative, authoritarian line and not a moderniser/reformer. That may be good, in a way, as the church will probably lose more members. A shitty state of affairs for those who stay though.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 11, 2013 at 3:41pm

Sort of like Putin, huh?  Are we going to have a puppet pope?

Permalink Reply by Humble Pie on February 11, 2013 at 8:45pm

It's like I remember the folks saying on Ask an Atheist.  We don't care if the Catholic Church hurts itself, but we are pretty sad when it hurts the people who have been sucked into it.

Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on February 11, 2013 at 3:04pm

He clearly wants to maintain the conservative bent of the church.  His choice of Timothy Dolan for cardinal is ample indication of that.  But then, the more the church maintains that conservative attitude, the more it will ultimately become more and more irrelevant, especially to youth.  This is why the thrust of the RC church into Africa and other third-world locations must be challenged and stopped NOW.

Permalink Reply by Regina Goodwin on February 11, 2013 at 3:10pm

BYE.

Permalink Reply by Pat on February 11, 2013 at 3:25pm

Adios, motherf*&^#r! Don't let the door slam you in the ass on the way out. 

Permalink Reply by Regina Goodwin on February 11, 2013 at 3:31pm

ROFLMAOPIMP

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 11, 2013 at 3:55pm

Way to answer Pat!!

Permalink Reply by The Flying Atheist on February 11, 2013 at 3:44pm

Benedict's resignation as been described in the media as sending a "shockwave" through the Catholic church and it's members.  He was never really a popular pope to begin with and he reigned during the damning period of the many molestation charges and revelations.  Hopefully after all that, persons of Catholic faith might reconsider exactly what role the pope has in their individual lives and what policies the church stands for, as a whole.  I guess what I'm trying to say is.......hopefully through this process, some people will come to their senses and see how archaic and irrelevant the pope and his church really are.  I can only hope.    

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 11, 2013 at 3:54pm

Well not so sure if that's good news or not. Probably get someone just like him.

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