Pope Benedict has died

[PCIntern]

Hmmm. How them Eagles looking this weekend?

[hlthe2b]

1. He'll always be Ratzinger to me.

I'll let Pope Francis be the "better person" on this one.

[Pete Ross Junior]

9. The Zinger is dead.

According to some Roman Catholic right wing crazies, he was the last valid pope. He was pressured to retire by a gay cabal in the College of Cardinals.

Other Roman Catholic right wing crazies say that's nonsense. Not the gay cabal bit. They're OK with that, but the last valid Pope was Mussolini's old pal Pius XII.

[Raster]

12. Ratzi the Nazi was the pedophile priest's best friend.

Virulently homophobic, blatantly misogynistic and baptized in plausible deniability.

The Catholic reich-wing crazies aren't happy unless a hardcore, religious theocrat sits The Holy See. Ratzi was their guy.

[Lucky Luciano]

2. Damn. I'm vacationing in Rome right now.

Was hoping to have a look at the Vatican right this minute (after a late breakfast). Gonna be a shitshow now!

[True Dough]

25. Gotta change your DU screen name

Unlucky Luciano!

[Victor_c3]

28. I was in Rome when Pope John Paul II was about to die

I flew out of Rome the day of his death. The camera crews were all stationed outside of the Vatican waiting for the news when I was there.

Fantastic city! Enjoy your trip!

[EYESORE 9001]

3. So Ratzo kicked the bucket

I thought I heard the rusty, creaky hinges on the gates to hell, which swing wide open to receive a genuinely evil V.I.P.

I now await my scolding for failure to express proper decorum when discussing the dead.

[lindysalsagal]

19. Seriously-Will anyone come to the evil one's defense? He HAD to leave office ALIVE.

Popes don't do that.

[Lunabell]

4. RIH

Protector of pedophiles.

[303squadron]

5. Let me quote Elvis here

Elvis Costello that is in his take down of Thatcher.......

"And when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave
And tamp the earth down."

[no_hypocrisy]

6. I know where he's going . . . . .

In The Vatican, in its version of catacombs, all dead Popes are dressed in their crimson robes, caps and slippers, and laid out on white marble slabs, deteriorating. It is gruesome, not inspiring. I saw for myself in 1979. That's how they do things.

[dembotoz]

7. it takes a pope..even him..to upstage the death of baba wa wa

[we can do it]

8. Bye Felicia

[Norbert]

10. Rest in Peace, Pope Benedict.

One last time for this pope doing mass. .lol.

[True Dough]

26. Hey

You might entice me to attend mass if they're handing out stuff like that!

[PJMcK]

11. 'Bout time that motherfucker was gone (n/t)

[a kennedy]

13. He always gave me the creeps.......just the way he looked. I know it's wrong......just the way

I felt.

[Sky Jewels]

23. Well, you also knew what a horrible person he was--harboring child rapists and all.

So the combo is mega-creepy.

Personally, I find almost all religious leaders very creepy, but Ratzo was particularly skin-crawlingly repulsive.

[milestogo]

14. Pele, Barbara Walters, and Pope Benedict walk into a bar.

Its too soon, says the bartender...

[PCIntern]

15. A priest a minister and a rabbit walk into a bar

The bartender says what’s all this about? The rabbit replies: I don’t know. I’m just the autocorrect.

[Sky Jewels]

16. That piece of shit is in the crypt.

Better late than never, I guess.

[niyad]

17. ratzo the pedo enabler. good riddance.

[Bucky]

18. He's in a better place now...

... a place where lurking predators can't get to him

[arthritisR_US]

20. Barbara Walters has died as well😔

[jalan48]

21. And now he can spend eternity with the flying cherubs.

[jmowreader]

22. He was 95. Things like this happen at that age.

[madinmaryland]

24. Dallas still has a chance of winning the division and getting a first round bye!

Though it’s much more likely the cowboys will be playing either Tampa bay or Carolina.

[True Dough]

27. Benedict is gone, but...

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