Der Trihs:
Specifically, GAY fish. Like, for example, Kanye West.
Imma let you finish, but Celestine V had one of the best papal retirements of all time.
It was reported on NPR that the Pope loves to play the piano, and one will be available in his retirement place.
I can not shake the image of an still glitzy pope emeritus entertaining guests in the Vatican showing his piano act and then saying:
I think this is the most interesting bit which Sullivan quoted from Colm Toibin:
It sounds like the Pope has an extremely close relationship with his gorgeous male secretary. Even in retirement, the Pope doesn’t want to give up this relationship even though the secretary is supposed to be working for the next Pope. :dubious:
Eh, he’s basically the Pope’s personal assistant, and at 85 the Pope presumably needs a lot of assisting. Maybe there’s something more there, but I don’t see much evidence for it.
But the “personal assistant” has a new job – being secretary for the new Pope. After work is done, the secretary will come home from work and live with Pope Benedict. :eek:
If Pope Benedict were trying to step down in a normal way, he would move out of the Vatican to avoid being a distraction for the new Pope and get a new assistant. But then he would no longer get to spend time with his hot personal assistant.
That’s silly. There is no “normal way”. Popes resign once or twice a millennia. You (and Sullivan) are trying to make it seem untowards by saying how “unusual” this is, but any arrangements for Benedict are going to be unusual: having a living ex-Pope is itself unusual in the extreme.
The Pope is 85 and apparently his health is failing. He isn’t going to live alone, and doesn’t have a wife or kids to move in with. He already has a personal assistant who he already knows and is familiar with (and presumably has to live in the Vatican anyways) so moving in with him seems like a pretty natural step.
Why not? Folks retiring to a life of “prayer and seclusion” usually don’t move in with hot, young studmuffins. If he has health issues, he could have scheduled visits from nurses, doctors, etc.
In order to retire with the least amount fuss, he could move back to Germany, give up his “Pope” title, and give up his boy toy.
Only in the Catholic Church is a 56-year-old priest a “hot young studmuffin.”