The announcement prompted rumours that the pontiff's health was poor, but the Vatican dismissed such fears, saying the break with tradition was simply to ensure the 82-year-old was not too tired to deliver his crucial "Urbi et Orbi" message on Christmas Day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...
I have a suggestion for the Pope
Retire.
That would be my new year wish
Dear Pope Benedict you have done enough harm in your short tenure, if its tiring you out I suggest
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/...
Get thee hence to a monastery.
The paedophile scandals and idiocy of denying that condoms saves millions of lives have tainted the catholic church.
Their stance on homosexuality is quite frankly a disgrace, and the role of the Church is having in the US runs counter to Jesus' philosophy.
I work often in Africa where your stupidity has immediate effect, it takes decades to educate yet you turned it all upside down with one phrase.
http://www.cathnews.com/...
Begone.
I sincerely hope that a reformist will take your place.
I'm happy that I believe in Karma and you have a bucket load waiting for you.
Update:
To clarify this dairy is against:
The current Pope
The central Catholic Church in Rome as an organisation spreading misinformation that kills
The Catholic church hiding paedophiles in it ranks for decades then trying to cover it up.
The Catholic Church entering politics in the US and around the globe
Absolutely, it's against this central authority
This diary is not
An attack on individual Catholics.
Update 2: HT to tnichlsn in the comments
Stephen Fry says it better than I ever could
Final thought:
If you celebrate a festival on a different date than that traditionally accepted, then when is that festival actually celebrated?