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[FearfulJesuit]

Ahh, but Wikipedia also notes that there were other abdications as well, notably John XVIII for apparently no reason, and a botched attempt by Benedict IX, who however actually sold the office. Gregory XII was forced to resign, but it seems like he was pulling some really shady tricks and deserved it.

[Johuotar]

Well that's unusual and unexpected. O.o

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Good. Ratzinger has done horrific things and covered up horrific things.

I'd say "I hope we get a liberal successor", but there really aren't any liberal Popes.

EDIT:

Oh shit, here we go. The most likely successor to Ratzinger is named Peter Turkson and spends a lot of time in Rome.

And what does the last entry on the Prophecy of Popes say?

"In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit [i.e., as bishop].
Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations:
and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed,
and the terrible judge will judge his people.
The End."

Damn it, we just got rid of the 2012 apocalypse seekers, now this shit happens.

[miauw62]

Altough a (relatively) ancient prophecy is a pretty awesome way for the world to end tough. It's definitely better than "DA MAYANZ GOT TIRE OF MAKIN CALENDURRS!"

[mainiac]

The Papacy when you need to make the US Senate look like a bunch of whippersnappers.

[PanH]

He was on twitter yesterday, and he resigns today 

[Zrk2]

I don't have a link on hand, but apparently one of the front-runners is Canadian.

[Urist Imiknorris]

He was on twitter yesterday, and he resigns today 

Addiction is a powerful thing.

[olemars]

He wants more time to focus on his blog.

[Detonate]

Good. Ratzinger has done horrific things and covered up horrific things.

I'd say "I hope we get a liberal successor", but there really aren't any liberal Popes.

EDIT:

Oh shit, here we go. The most likely successor to Ratzinger is named Peter Turkson and spends a lot of time in Rome.

And what does the last entry on the Prophecy of Popes say?

"In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit [i.e., as bishop].
Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations:
and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed,
and the terrible judge will judge his people.
The End."

Damn it, we just got rid of the 2012 apocalypse seekers, now this shit happens.

Turkson is a bit of a mixed bag. He supports the Church position on condoms but at least he isn't completely, totally opposed to them. On the other hand, he's a member of the Pontificial Council for Justice and Peace, which is rather interesting.

e: I think Rick Santorum is the best choice for Pope.

[Mimidormi]

Ahh, but Wikipedia also notes that there were other abdications as well, notably John XVIII for apparently no reason, and a botched attempt by Benedict IX, who however actually sold the office. Gregory XII was forced to resign, but it seems like he was pulling some really shady tricks and deserved it.

Fascinating stuff. I happened to remember about Celestine V only because of Dante's scathing condemnation of him in the Divine Comedy, put amongst the Uncommitted in Inferno III and described as 'colui che per viltą fece il gran rifiuto' ('[the one] who made from cowardice the great refusal'). He saw him as directly responsible for the election of Boniface VIII.

An unrelated tidbit: this morning, when Benedict XVI delivered in latin his statement about resignation to the members of the consistory, they immediately assumed they were getting it wrong, since it was that unthinkable to them; they had to wait for the translation in their respective languages to be sure about what they heard.

-snip-

As far as I know, the Prophecy of the Popes was a sixteenth century forgery manufactured to comment on the back then contemporary popes, or to favor the election of cardinal Simoncelli, as Wikipedia says. The motti stop describing accurately the coat of arms of each pope after 1595, and it contains several biographical misconceptions and outright mistakes based off the chronicles of historians contemporary of Arnold de Wyon (I wish I could find some source in English, but alas).

Here in Rome so far there's no fear mongering about the "destruction of the city of the seven hills", and I hope it will stay that way

[MetalSlimeHunt]

As far as I know, the Prophecy of the Popes was a sixteenth century forgery manufactured to comment on the back then contemporary popes, or to favor the election of cardinal Simoncelli, as Wikipedia says. The motti stop describing accurately the coat of arms of each pope after 1595, and it contains several biographical misconceptions and outright mistakes based off the chronicles of historians contemporary of Arnold de Wyon (I wish I could find some source in English, but alas).

Here in Rome so far there's no fear mongering about the "destruction of the city of the seven hills", and I hope it will stay that way

That's not really what's important. People are going to be stupid about this.

[FearfulJesuit]

But of course they will be! The cardinals, of course, are sworn to secrecy, so we'll never know, if they pick someone else, if that person was picked just to get the doomsayers to shut up.

If I were a cardinal, I might vote for him just for giggles. (Which is why I'd make a bad cardinal. Also, I'm basically a lapsed prod...but first things first!)

[penguinofhonor]

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[MonkeyHead]

I have decided who I want to be the next Pope.

Vermin Supreme.