Tweet Roundup: Pope Benedict Ages Out

The age old retort "Is the Pope Catholic?" officially changed to "Is the Pope Governor of Alaska?"

— lafix (@lafix) February 11, 2013

The Pope is hardly the first person to lose interest in their real job so soon after joining Twitter.

— Sixth Form Poet (@sixthformpoet) February 11, 2013

The New Pope was just a marketing ploy to bring back Pope Classic

— Cullen Crawford (@HelloCullen) February 11, 2013

Congrats to Pope Benedict!! Sorry to see him go but I know he'll kill it as the new Director of Social Marketing at Buzzfeed!

— Adam Conover(@adamconover) February 11, 2013

When the Pope's away, the Lenten penitents will play.

— Uncle Dynamite(@UncleDynamite) February 11, 2013

Keep it simple, Catholics. Have bishops stand around a birdbath filled with Pizza Rolls. Whoever eats the last one is the new Pope. Done.

— Scotty (@MarylandMudflap) February 11, 2013

The Pope's kinda like The Doctor. When there's a new one I'm like "How's THAT gonna work?" Then he puts on a goofy outfit and I'm all, "OK."

— Paul Gude (Rascal) (@sgnp) February 11, 2013

The Pope is resigning because he feels he's too old [cough, Scalia] to do his important job [cough cough, Scalia] effectively.

— Erin Judge (@erinjudge) February 11, 2013

Obama will honor the Pope's service by posting a picture of himself lighting a candle at a Catholic church.

— Neal Boortz (@Talkmaster) February 11, 2013

Did the pope use his safe word or did the Catholic laity use theirs? Either way, the world's longest-running Dom/sub scene is on hold.

— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) February 11, 2013

With this resignation #Pope Benedict has now created exactly one more new job than the entire GOP Congress.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 11, 2013

The last Roman Catholic Pope resigned back in the 15th century. But to the Church, the Dark Ages seem like only yesterday.

— Wile E. Quixote (@ScottLinnen) February 11, 2013

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