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Pope cool with atheists

Rob Beschizza at 8:08 am • •

Steve Anderson at The Independent:

Pope Francis has said that atheists should be seen as good people as long as they do good, in a move to urge people of all religions - or no religion at all - to get along.

Dead Chavez helped Christ pick pope —

Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro: "We know that our commander ascended to the heights and is face-to-face with Christ. Something influenced the choice of a South American pope, someone new arrived at Christ's side and said to him: 'Well, it seems to us South America's time has come.'" [Reuters] — Rob •

Pope resigns, God strikes St. Peter's Basilica with lightning

David Pescovitz at 9:21 am • •

Just hours after Pope Benedict XVI quit, a lightning bolt struck St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Yeah, yeah, lightning probably strikes the church on days when the pope hasn't resigned too. But it's more fun to ignore that as you appreciate this. (The Guardian)

Pope to resign —

The BBC reports that Benedict XVI is unexpectedly resigning as pope. I guess you could call it an ex cathedra announcement. /caruso — Rob •

Video: As The Pope Tweets

Xeni Jardin at 7:32 am • •

The His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI sends his very first tweet, on an iPad.

He accidentally deleted his first actual tweet, but I screengrabbed it.