Reaction: #Pope #Benedict XVI @Pontifex to resign

The man who led the Roman Catholic Church since April 2005 cited age and health as reasons he will step down at month's end

  1. Pope Benedict to Resign |CNS| Pope Benedict, will be the first pope to resign in almost 600 years.ow.ly/1S9zkM ow.ly/i/1vnRX
  2. Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope to abdicate the papacy in almost 600 years. The benefits must not have included enough rings.
  3. I think that Twitter may have been the last straw for Pope Benedict. Can you imagine learning twitter at 85?
  4. Praying for the Pope's good health! Hopefully, the next one is physically stronger and as spiritually driven as Pope Benedict XVI. @Pontifex
  5. Benedict to step down at the end of the month; new pope by mid march. Oh man! Just gives me another reason to visit rome again.
  6. Pope Benedict XVI 'to resign'. The mystery will be unveiled by Dan Brown in his new book...
  7. Pope Benedict to resign later this month. Hope he is just exhausted because the Catholic Church can't survive another scandal.
  8. Pope Benedict resignation, IMHO a most Nixonian, "I am not a crook moment"
  9. One can consider Pope Benedict's resignation an act of unselfishness, genuine love and concern for the state of the church today.
  10. Must be a very necessary decision to make. Pope Benedict must have cried a lot! We should pray for him. And for his successor too!
  11. With Benedict resigning, I nominate Cardinal Sin from the Philippines.
  12. Pope Benedict, with his traditionalist views, set the church back 50 years. He basically erased the progress Pope John Paul II made.
  13. Pope Benedict resigns. First time sine middle ages
  14. Pope Benedict XVI resigns? Well, that about sums it up & wraps it up.
  15. Pope Benedict to resign as Pope? They let you do that? Thought he was in for life.
  16. I for one am glad @pontifex Benedict is redesigning. John Paul II was a great unifier and modernizer. Benedict undid and marginalized
  17. Pope Benedict XVI has given his two weeks' notice. That's going to be one heck of an exit interview.
  18. Pope Benedict is courageous. True "servant of the servants of God."
  19. Benedicto XVI, como V Valdes, decide no renovar. Es su derecho
  20. Over half of the trending topics are about the Pope Benedict resigning on Feb. 28th. Wow...holy smokes 4real...when they pick the new one...
  21. Re: Benedict retiring, news anchor on CNN just said: "this is surprising, because he just started tweeting in December." Wow.

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