[JustPiper]

78 April 16th~ugh

CNN just said he originally said he would retire at 80, this doesn't bode well

[johnb838]

CNN just said he originally said he would retire at 80, this doesn't bode well

Bull. Good health, good medicine, could go 20 years.

[Marie Antoinette]

Popes don't "retire".

[ELS]

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany addresses the faithful as the new pope in this frame from TV, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 19 2005. Bells chimed at St. Peter's Basilica Tuesday evening, announcing to the world that a new pope was elected in the first papal conclave of the new millennium. The pope will be known as Benedict XVI . (AP Photo / Vatican TV via APTN)