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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Benedict XVI Will Keep Name, Lose Shoes

Pope Benedict XVI will keep the name Benedict XVI and become the Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus, the Vatican announced Tuesday. He will dress in a simple white cassock, forgoing the mozzetta, the elbow-length cape worn by some Catholic clergymen and will no longer wear the red shoes typically worn by popes, symbolizing the blood of the martyrs. He will wear brown shoes he received last year as a gift in Mexico. "He finds them very comfortable," said the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi.

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But does he get to keep those fabulous hats??

#1 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-02-27 10:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

#2 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-02-27 10:30 AM | Reply | Flag:

www.newstatesman.com

#3 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-02-27 10:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

Catholics are about to be DPed...double Poped.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2013-02-27 11:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

We simply cannot have a normal existence without an old man parading around in a gilded costume waving his hands over the poor, the hungry, the suffering, and the oppressed.Oh what will become of the religious now?

#6 | Posted by truthteller101 at 2013-02-27 12:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

Has anyone addressed if he loses immunity from prosecution if he travels outside the Vatican?

#7 | Posted by THomewood at 2013-02-27 02:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

Loose shoes, tight altar boys and a warm place to poop.
What more could an old perv ask for?

What?
Lose shoes? The ruby slippers?

Nevermind.

#8 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2013-02-27 02:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

What about the hat? Doesn't that count for something? I mean, he could wear it on his peepee. Would that not signify that he is aware of the pervs that infiltrate his mode of belief?

#9 | Posted by coyote at 2013-02-27 09:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

The Pope doesnt resign. GOD FIRES HIM.....

#10 | Posted by BADAOPHAY at 2013-02-28 02:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

How does a man retire from what God chose?

#11 | Posted by moneywar at 2013-02-28 02:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

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