Pope To Resign Citing Advanced Age 542
Hugh Pickens writes writes "BBC reports that Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. In a statement, the pontiff said: 'After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.' Resignations from the papacy are not unknown, but this is the first in the modern era, which has been marked by pontiffs dying while in office."
Simply Could Not Fulfill His Duties (Score:4, Funny)
Pope starts using the internet (Score:5, Funny)
What a quitter! (Score:5, Funny)
These modern God-botherers just don't have the stamina.
In a Vatican Statement. (Score:5, Funny)
In a statement released by the Vatican Today, it was announced that his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will step down with immediate effect. When asked for a reason, a spokesman for his former holiness suggested that he would like to spend more time with his wife and children.
Re:Pope starts using the internet (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Why is this on slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
Too bad... (Score:4, Funny)
It's a shame that he's leaving. He was the perfect figurehead for the Catholic Church because he clearly and visibly embodied it's principles.
Re:Why is this on slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
"Why is this on slashdot?"
It's about a guy who can talk to the cloud without any computer.
Re:Why is this on slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In a Vatican Statement. (Score:3, Funny)
In a statement released by the Vatican Today, it was announced that his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will step down with immediate effect. When asked for a reason, a spokesman for his former holiness suggested that he would like to spend more time with his wife and children.
I did nazi that coming.
News for Nerds ?! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why is this on slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
Hah. Getting it to listen is easy, getting something useful back from it... now that is the real trick.
Re:Why is this on slashdot? (Score:3, Funny)
Crusade against normality? I suggest you familiarize yourself with the standard distribution bell curve.
Re:Pope starts using the internet (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Infallible? (Score:5, Funny)
Because everybody knows to whom you are referring when you say "The Pope".
How about an analogy:
Why is he referred to as RMS? Other people have the initials RMS too. Can we at least always refer to him as "GNU/RMS"?
Pope Resigns? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why is this on slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
Simple. The mathematical property of Transitive tells us:
Slashdot likes conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy theorist like news on the Catholic Church.
Ergo, Slashdoters would be interested in this.
For example, we all know that the reason why Linux has not succeeded is that the Knights Templar control Microsoft. The only way to break their control over the monetary system is to move to BitCoin.
Or am I missing something here?
Re:Why is this on slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
"Why is this on slashdot?"
It's about a guy who can talk to the cloud without any computer.
Chuck Norris?
Be Now Known As... (Score:3, Funny)
Binding of adjectives to nouns in English (Score:5, Funny)