This is what happens when Jesus lets his Guardian Pope Angels take a smoke break for two minutes:
Pope Benedict XVI has suffered a fall and broken his right wrist while on holiday in northern Italy.
The Vatican said the 82-year-old pontiff had accidentally slipped during the night in his chalet.
However he was able to celebrate Mass in the morning in the alpine town of Aosta, before undergoing surgery to re-align the fractured wrist bones.
A hospital spokesman said the operation had been successful, but the Pope would have to wear a cast for about a month.
He left hospital after an operation under local anaesthetic that lasted about 20 minutes.
See, irrefutable proof this man is from God! Just imagine what would have happened if he wasn’t the leader of the OneTrueChurch™!
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This pontiff has put the church back years with his dogmatism about women, homosexuality, condom use, etc. John Paul II was far more enlightened. I’m grateful that he’s doing a great job of making the church even more irrelevant than it was. Best wishes for a quick recovery.
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but you’re right – the more strange, the more extreme the pope is, the faster people will realise that their religion is a joke.
I’m predicting that this pope, an absurd, pointless buffoon, will mark a turning point in history. His reign will come to be known as the start of the downfall of all religion. Watch this video to see what a complete joke he is:
http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/02/03/even-the-pope-needs-entertainment/
Great description – “absurd, pointless buffoon”. Can I use that? I can see many places where it could be relevant (Sarah Palin comes, unbidded, to mind…)
Well, according to the Prophecy of the Popes of St. Malachy, PoppaRatzi is the next-to-last Pope EVAR. Fingers crossed!
Ah, if only that were true during the Middle Ages! The Popes were completely corrupt, yet that had more control than ever.
Fortunately, atheists are now statistically relevant, so hopefully it will result in an eventual “critical mass” of rational thought. (Too optimistic???)
But at least he did make progress.
* Aliens on other world could exist and has no conflict with the men with the beard.
* They also say that Darwin’s evolution is true and dus not conflict with catholicism.
With this regard he does get some respect.
Why would the pope need to go to a hospital? I thought he talked personally with his god.
LOL I had a similar thought… so anyone know why didn’t he pray for healing instead of going to the hospital for *evil* scientific healing?
Yah, a simple Cure Light Wounds aught to fix him right up.
I figure a decrepit old man like him’s with obviously a crappy CON score. Hes got, what 30 HP max?
Cure spells act as Harm spells on the undead, however.
Could be using the 4th Edition ruleset.
First Hilary Clinton, now Benny … The New Atheists are up to something!
“…I’ve fallen…and I can’t resurrect…”
Those little boys can be slippery late at night in a chalet….
Aw. I can’t help but feel a tad bit sorry for him. Reminds me of my Grandma. Only, she was less creepy. A lot less creepy. :p
Too bad it wasn’t his freaking neck!
I have zero sympathy for the supreme fascist. As Mr. Green put it, next time use your neck.