Cover Story: Pope Benedict XVI Retires

Reuters/Reuters - Pope Benedict XVI (R) is greeted by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada during a meeting with seminarians outside St. Pantaleon Church in Cologne, Germany, in …more this August 19, 2005 file photo.Father Andrea Maggi was apparently so pissed about Benedict trotting off to retire that he likened his departure to a captain jumping ship, then dramatically set fire to a photo of him with a nearby candle. The priest left churchgoers shocked and confused.What with the pope and Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Catholicism is a hot topic, so forgive me if I haul it in as a weapon to attack the NHS establishment. In revealing that he almost became a priest, Danny Boyle gave a clue as to why his Olympics openingPope Benedict has been ushered off to the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo.Father Andrea Maggi was apparently so pissed about Benedict

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