Naturally, the new pope wants to endear himself to the flock of sheep he now leads, and his personality and past really don’t do that very well for him. So what better way to soften up his personality than to claim reluctance in his new post?
Speaking in his native German, Benedict told the audience that during the conclave, or papal election, when it became clear he was getting many votes, a cardinal passed him a note reminding him what he had preached about Christ calling Peter to follow him even if he was reluctant to go.
Benedict, 78, said he hoped to spend his last years living quietly and peacefully.
“At a certain point, I prayed to God ‘please don’t do this to me,”‘ he recalled. “Evidently, this time He didn’t listen to me.”
Oh, boo-hoo. I’m sooo buying this story that someone with such a control-freak background didn’t really want to be the de facto leader of one of the largest Christian sects in the world, effectively directing not just the minds of Catholics, but influencing global political policy as well (and imposing by proxy a more conservative tact even on us heathens). And if this PR story happens to liken him to a biblical saint, well, all the better and covenient for him, right?
LOLZ. OMGZ please don’t make me be an artist. OMGZ LOLZ OMGZ.
He’s such a jackass. I wish people would just be honest. That’s all I ask. Becoming pope doesn’t just happen, and implying it is arrogant as hell. “I’M SO GREAT that it just happenz0rd.”