[Lokibob]

Want to bet he is playing poker on line?

No wonder my luck has been so bad lately.

[NYer]

Rocco Palmo recently wrote an article in which he claims that Ratzinger did not seek the papacy. He looked forward to retirement with his brother and the opportunity to reflect and write. We tend to forget the burden that accompanies this role as pontiff.

God bless this man for his "yes"! It's consoling to hear that he has found a way to escape the papal apartments to seek rest in his old digs and probably feed the local cats.

[atomicpossum]

Maybe there's not room in the Vatican for his old ping-pong table, and he just cuts back for a quick game or two.

[sassbox]

I heard he had several cats at his old apt that he wasn't allowed to bring with him to the Vatican. Strange, I know, since he's the freakin' pope - who tells the pope he can't have a pet in the Vatican? But it was a common news story back in the spring when Benedict was elected. Perhaps he is going back to visit some of his furry friends?

[Cvengr]

At Christmas he delighted crowds by turning out in a red, fur-lined hat that used to be worn by popes in the Middle Ages to keep their heads warm.

Some Red furlined hats look better than their alternatives.

;^)

[righttackle44]

Love it that the Pope is apparently driving the press a little nuts. As long as no reporters or editors are found hanged or burned to death, what consequence comes of the way he chooses to spend his evenings.

And even if. . .never mind.

[P-Marlowe]

Where in the bible does it say the Pope has to live in a papal apartment?

Oh wait, the bible doesn't mention the pope.

Never mind.