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Atheists & Agnostics

smokey nj

(43,853 posts) Mon Feb 11, 2013, 09:50 PM Feb 2013

Resigning Pope No Longer Has Strength To Lead Church Backward

VATICAN CITY—Citing his advancing age and deteriorating health, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the papacy Monday, saying he no longer possessed the strength and energy required to lead the Catholic Church backward. According to the 85-year-old pontiff, after considerable prayer and reflection on his physical stamina and mental acuity, he concluded that his declining faculties left him unable to helm the Church’s ambitious regressive agenda and guide the faith’s one billion global followers on their steady march away from modernity and cultural advancement.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/resigning-pope-no-longer-has-strength-to-lead-chur,31248/