@jdzondo @Pontifex @linorulli @bigbobttu @CJMar10ez what did y’all do last night that he thought this was the only recourse?

@mredding just hang out. He will be living in a small monastery within the Vatican after retirement. Probably keep writing.

@darrenrovell Retiring? The English translation of his announcement used “renounced”

@Fuego03 it crowds out people like me who really are 😉

@robjohnsonTX I can’t recall for sure, but I think it might have been ~1100 when a pope resigned simply because they weren’t up to it.

RT @GB330033: It will be really interesting to watch global reaction to the conclave and such. The world is a lot more interconnected th …