Since the position of Pope is required to be "usque ad mortem" (until death), when the Pope of Rome resigns, quits, or is removed from his Pontificate before his natural death, such leaving of office is known as Pontificatus Interruptus.
Due to his resignation from office, Pope Benedict XVI, whose previous name was title and name was Cardinal Ratzinger, will forever be known as Pontificatus Interruptus.
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The ongoing, unfolding global sex-abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church. Coined by Mary Valle, a writer for Killing the Buddha and the Revealer. (Pontiff = Pope. Pontificate, a word derived from pontiff + Watergate.)
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Posturing...speaking to people that don't really care what you say one way or another since you're speaking solely to front yourself as "someone in charge".
Speech or written communication that is generally pointless except to cast favorable light upon the speaker or author as if the message were a pronouncement from on high.
Usually full of shit.
Posturing...speaking to people that don't really care what you say one way or another since you're speaking solely to front yourself as "someone in charge".
Speech or written communication that is generally pointless except to cast favorable light upon the speaker or author as if the message were a pronouncement from on high.
Usually full of shit.
There goes that motherfucker with his pontification again.
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the act of bringing something to a lower level in spite of its reverence. I.e. simplifying something regardless of how awesome it already is.
Rooted from the word pansy.
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the act of bringing something to a lower level in spite of its reverence. I.e. simplifying something regardless of how awesome it already is.
Rooted from the word pansy.
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This is the act of an on-air, talking head going on and on about something they know little or nothing about as if they are an expert. It is highly opinionated drivel.
This is the act of an on-air, talking head going on and on about something they know little or nothing about as if they are an expert. It is highly opinionated drivel.
The pundit pundificates.
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