http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/11/pope-to-resign Comments On: Pope to resign by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:04:56 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Olphart]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:15:32 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by MarcKyle1964]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:09:52 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:18:38 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:57:45 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by radical centrist]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:28:44 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:09:01 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Hackett]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:06:49 -0600 Arkansas Times
And a genuine question..........
Does Benedict get to vote for the next pope? What will his title be, pope emeritus?
Posted by Vanessa]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:23:30 -0600 Arkansas Times
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Posted by Olphart]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:17:50 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by GrizLee Bear]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:00:46 -0600 Arkansas Times
If the position is as important as they seem to believe, why let a guy hang on for many months or even years in a diminished state?"

I imagine the secretaries to senile, powerful people like having the power when the old guy can't remember where he is anymore.
Posted by Gylippus]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:55:52 -0600 Arkansas Times
Possibly a better question would be, how many were coherent to begin with?
Posted by arktrav]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:47:05 -0600 Arkansas Times
John has been the most common but now an Hispanic name seems most likely.

If I were named the next Pope I would pick Pope Hillarius II. What is most hillarius is that I would actually be the second thus named.

Hillarius 2.0 if you will.
Posted by Citizen1]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:38:57 -0600 Arkansas Times
If the position is as important as they seem to believe, why let a guy hang on for many months or even years in a diminished state?

Sure some old codgers stay sharp until the end in their 80's or 90's but the reason it is so remarkable and remarked on is that it is so rare.

So let's do a little statistical analysis.

This Pope is the 16th that took the name Benedict. How many of the previous Benedicts (I through XVII) were sharp till the end.

Odds are that at least half were bonkers. Go to any retirement villiage and see how many residents can differentiate a family member from a staff member.

Now figure there were 23 Johns, 12 Piuss, 16 Gregories. How many were coherant till the end?
Posted by Citizen1]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:32:16 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:14:08 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by arktrav]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:59:07 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by GrizLee Bear]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:01:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by YossarianMinderbinder]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:01:21 -0600 Arkansas Times
"Despite having flirted with it in his youth, he now calls it "horrendous...I am jealous of their fashion sense."
Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:50:09 -0600 Arkansas Times
Substitute any number of churches and denominations here in Arkansas (and elsewhere) and you have their beliefs in a nutshell.
Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:35:30 -0600 Arkansas Times