So all the other Popes (for the last400 to 500 years did the wrong thing by staying Pope until they die, which is what the job description actually states. You righties will say anything just to argue, even when it contradicts facts and tradition. Wow
Same term of office as for SCOTUS, but folks don’t pay attention to the part in the Constitution that says “during good behavior”, not actually “for life”. Apparently the Pope caught that “drift”??
History will remember him as Benedict XVI. Society will or could refer to him as Mr Ratzinger. Although, I believe, former presidents are still addressed as Mr President.It will be interesting to watch this event develop.
@cubefarmer – who are you talking to?.I’m still waiting on who will emerge this time, as (according to that one monk & Nostradamus) this will be the last Pope. I’m not Catholic, but things will get interesting once one is elected.
STLDan about 11 years ago
So all the other Popes (for the last400 to 500 years did the wrong thing by staying Pope until they die, which is what the job description actually states. You righties will say anything just to argue, even when it contradicts facts and tradition. Wow
Dtroutma about 11 years ago
Same term of office as for SCOTUS, but folks don’t pay attention to the part in the Constitution that says “during good behavior”, not actually “for life”. Apparently the Pope caught that “drift”??
Gary Williams Premium Member about 11 years ago
Will he still be Benedict XVI after Feb 28th or does he go back to his birth name of Ratzinger?
ColonelClaus about 11 years ago
History will remember him as Benedict XVI. Society will or could refer to him as Mr Ratzinger. Although, I believe, former presidents are still addressed as Mr President.It will be interesting to watch this event develop.
Ketira about 11 years ago
@cubefarmer – who are you talking to?.I’m still waiting on who will emerge this time, as (according to that one monk & Nostradamus) this will be the last Pope. I’m not Catholic, but things will get interesting once one is elected.