Pope resigns: Best theories, gags and comments from Twitter
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Your support makes all the difference.The Pope resigns, Twitter reacts...
@AdamAWhite:" Pope leaves office to write gardening series for BBC Radio 4"
@Sixthformpoet: "The Pope is hardly the first person to lose interest in their real job so soon after joining Twitter."
@timothy_stanley: "Under new EU equality laws, Sinead O'Conner favorite to be next #pope"
@Number10cat: "You know the economy's bad when God's making people redundant... ”
@BobJWilliams: "To be fair I bet his boss is proper demanding. "
@DeborahJaneOrr: "Oh, hang on. He's just giving it up for lent."
@OwenJones84: "Can't believe God let the Pope be his fall guy. It's Jeremy Hunt and his Special Advisor all over again."
@ajhmurray: "Pope quits one week after equalmarriage debate? Coincidence or early proof of gayanprophecy?"
@danielmajer:" How many regenerations has The Pope got left? Does this mean there'll be a new assistant too?"
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