Twitter Flooded with Papal Jokes

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February 11, 2013

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As the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI reached the world, those on Twitter have come up with some amusing theories on why he decided to step down.

"The Pope said he's resigned because he didn't have the strength to go on. It's Monday. We all feel like that," Steve N Allen wrote.

David Litchfield figured he knew where the Pope was on Monday night and what he was singing.

"That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight losing my religion" ... Pope at karaoke last night," he tweeted, quoting the lyrics from R.E.M.'s 1991 hit song.

Hoskas tweeted: "I think it's nothing more than someone realising that white is not their colour #pope."

Others believed that his recent use of Twitter may have distracted the Pope from his job.

"Pope joins Twitter and loses all interest in his real job. I hear you mate, I hear you," Khaya Dlanga said.

"A pope on Twitter never was going to end well, was it," Archie Valparaiso said.

The Pope joined Twitter on December 12 and has more than 1.5 million followers.

He has tweeted 34 times with his last tweet on Sunday, saying: "We must trust in the mighty power of Gods mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new."