"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:49:03 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave
wrote:

that he wasn't up to the job and would rather just retire.

That's religion for you.

I thought popes were like old hoofers (Brucie, etc) - die in harness.

They mostly are, but like with the royals changing on that, this pope has
too.