[SaxxonWoods]

That certainly wasn’t the case with Pope Benedict, he resigned and lived for about 9 more years. Living that long has raised questions about his claim that his health was why he resigned since most Pope’s serve until death.

[rexthecat]

That certainly wasn’t the case with Pope Benedict, he resigned and lived for about 9 more years. Living that long has raised questions about his claim that his health was why he resigned since most Pope’s serve until death.

Pope Benedict was gay (as are up to half of Catholic priests) and he saw that might be a problem with the looming clergy abuse scandals.