A pope who quits—so rare it is—
Will now be called “Emeritus”.
Which all must do when they’ve a mind to.
Something that Benedict’s resigned to.
Tags: Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus
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With all the professors emeriti, it was bound to happen.
Now the question is whether he will continue to make his namesake liqueur.
On a related note, I was sitting in the waiting room at an oil change place in Niles when a woman sat down reading "Jesus by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI" when Alan Krashesky (Gesundheit) came on Channel 7 and said that the Pope had resigned. I told her that she didn't need to read the book any more, but she said something about it having enduring spirituality.
He probably likes a Rhine wine.
You might say what's going on in Rome now is sort of a "chrism change".
I had to look that up (I guess that is why you are Aquinas wired), but after doing so, my conclusion is that that usually occurs in connection with bruschetta.