Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by resigning today following allegations in Berlin that his entire bibliography had been plagiarized.
This is now the four-hundred-and-forty-seventh time in the past two years that a high-ranking German politician and/or Pope has been forced to quit over accusations of cheating on doctoral dissertations and/or religious meditations.
“Wow. We’ve had ministers resign here right and left, like freakin’ flies,” one source near Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government said. “But a Pope? Holy Moley!”
“I’ve accepted his resignation heavy-heartedly,” Ms. Merkel is said to have said.
Observing Hermann 
Geez, just a few days ago she was saying the Pope had her fullest confidence.
Maybe they can get Father Guido Sarducci to replace him.
Obama administration proxies are demanding that the next Pope elected by the colleg of Cardinals be a token hermaphrodite.
Oh, yes, he plans to retire with 7 virgins caring for any wish he might have.
An islamic friend told him that “…In our (Islamic) heaven we get 72 virgins!”, whereupon the Pope replied “Well, I´m not quite in Heaven yet, but It would be an islamic Hell if all 72 virgins were Catholic nuns!”