Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation recently, the first pope to do so in more than 600 years. The Internet quickly churned out chock full of papal humor--some good, plenty bad, with plenty of groan-worthy puns. Here is PART II some of the best....or the worst...memes, captioned photos and cartoons lampooning Pope Benedict XVI. You be the judge!
selected from from politicalhumor.about.com
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