Pope Benedict, leader of Catholic Church and frequent HN contributor, to resign(cnn.com)

7 pointsby jawns13 anni fa3 comments

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/europe/pope-benedict-resignation/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

2 comments

p_sherman13 anni fa

>"frequent HN contributor"

What's the point of that exactly? Supposed to be amusing?

rbanffy13 anni fa

I find the absurdity slightly amusing, if a bit misplaced.

gee_totes13 anni fa

I think we might be seeing the birth of HN's first meme. Here is another post (now dead) about the pope:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5200247

mtgx13 anni fa

I hear he had covered up a lot of sexual abuses by priests under him from before he was pope.