In pictures: The story behind Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, and his successor

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Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, the first in over 600 years took the entire world by surprise due to its radical departure from norm and tradition. The announcement has also triggered massive speculation over who would be succeeding him. This picture story, exclusively reported by The UnReal Times‘ Roman correspondent Antonia Maino XIV puts all speculation to rest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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22 Responses to In pictures: The story behind Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, and his successor

  1. Chidambaram 4:20

    This one line made my day. As usual, awesome post.

    Regular Reader
    February 13, 2013 at 9:11 am
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  2. hahahaha…all the way !!

    nayak
    February 13, 2013 at 9:46 am
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  3. the bitter rivalry between Dr. swamy and PC….ends perfectly on that note.
    chidambaram 4:20, hilarious!!
    Good work….appreciated.

    somanshu
    February 13, 2013 at 9:55 am
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  4. I would love to read the The Book of Chidambaram. Might have chronicled a few important events of his own recent times ;-). Good stuff!

    Finance Misappropriator
    February 13, 2013 at 10:00 am
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  5. hahaha.

    Gursimrat Singh Khalsa
    February 13, 2013 at 10:24 am
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  6. Superb indeed. particularly Chidambaram’s 420 and his expressions over Swamy’s ‘challenge’statement.

    Kuldeep Sehdev
    February 13, 2013 at 10:48 am
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  7. Chidambaram 4:20 ha ha ha

    Mittal
    February 13, 2013 at 11:14 am
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  8. Holy Moly….rox…Cant stop laughing…

    vijay
    February 13, 2013 at 12:14 pm
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  9. ROFL ROFL ROFL

    Krr
    February 13, 2013 at 1:05 pm
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  10. :D

    abhilasha
    February 13, 2013 at 1:51 pm
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  11. “plunge a dagger into him but question not his integrity” awesome

    Aman
    February 13, 2013 at 2:12 pm
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  12. as usual awesome ashwin. in between whats Azar doing with firang? is this recent affair or old pics?? really need to know about this.

    sacheen
    February 13, 2013 at 2:57 pm
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  13. Thanks guys :)

    Ashwin
    February 13, 2013 at 6:14 pm
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  14. You missed theek hai.

    Mahesh
    February 13, 2013 at 7:15 pm
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    • had it in the original draft :) we decided to do away with it as we felt it was over-used :D

      Ashwin
      February 13, 2013 at 7:27 pm
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      • naaa… theek nahi is evergreen. It should be a default signature of everypost. LOL

        Mahesh
        February 14, 2013 at 4:03 pm
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        • EDITED: naaa… theek hai is evergreen. It should be a default signature of everypost. LOL

          Mahesh
          February 14, 2013 at 4:04 pm
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  15. best for me was MK addressing pope – “Benedict thambi”!

    Arun Madhav
    February 14, 2013 at 2:02 am
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  16. I know I commented already but whats wrong in again – lmaoroflol!

    One of these days my boss at office is going to ask, what makes me wear this constant smile, when our project is actually going to the dogs! Why cant he find inner peace, by reading your posts, like me!

    Arun Madhav
    February 14, 2013 at 2:38 am
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  17. Superb… @swamy39′s message & Chidambaram’s expression… are the best…

    Pradeep Dandu
    February 14, 2013 at 1:02 pm
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  18. very refreshing. excellent stuff .wasnt even aware of azar stuff. keep it up.

    Prashant Sahay
    February 14, 2013 at 5:58 pm
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  19. Guys has anyone of you noted the name of the correspondent?? ANTONIA MAINO XIV….LOLOLLLL!!

    Lohit Bhatt
    March 12, 2013 at 3:50 pm
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