@JimGaffigan
Can't wait to see former Pope Benedict on Dancing With The Stars!

@GuyEndoreKaiser
"I'm giving up for Lent." -Pope Benedict

@captdope
I think the Pope realized he was never gonna get promoted to God. #StainedGlassCeiling

@seanoconnz
This is just a classic Pope negotiation tactic. He's just looking for a pay day.

@GlennF
Pope resigns to avoid scandal about lip syncing mass.

@UNDEADTRESOR
From The Vatican: Pope Benedict XVI announced that he plans to resign. When asked why, His Holiness said, "I gotta do me" & began twerking.

@FrankConniff
Citing his advanced age, the Pope is stepping down, adding, "Protecting pedophiles is a young man's game."

@sixthformpoet
The Pope is hardly the first person to lose interest in their real job so soon after joining Twitter.

@TheTennisPhenom
So You Think You Can Be Pope

@yoyoha
Pretty clear the Pope was just using the church to build up his Twitter following.

@RexHuppke
BREAKING: Statement from Vatican says Pope resigning so he can "spend more time judging your family"

@GuyEndoreKaiser
A lot of people are mad at the Pope for aborting his duties, but I feel like it's his body and he should be able to choose.

@bazecraze
"I'm just doing this for now." -strippers, waiters and the pope.

@johnmoe
The Pope, formerly known as Joseph Ratzinger, just wants to get back to his first love: zinging rats.