The unpopular, controversial and often buffoonish, cartoon example of the “elite media,” Piers Morgan, irreverently tweeted his skepticism over the news that Pope Benedict XVI was resigning as a result of his body breaking down in his old age (because no 85-year-old man has ever been too broken physically to continue working and traveling around the world.)
Of course in true Morgan style, he laughingly spoke “as a Catholic,” as if he had ever let his Catholicism shape an opinion.
As a Catholic, I’m not buying this. Popes don’t just quit because they’re tired. What’s going on here??
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 11, 2013
He also compared the Pope to the Queen, of course, because everything in the mother country is always better than everything else.
The Queen’s a year older than The Pope. Can’t see her ever resigning because she’s tired. #indefatigability1infallibility0
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 11, 2013
