Pope Benedict Comes Out as Gay

Add Pope Benedict XVI announced today that he has resigned his papacy because he is gay and "could no longer live a lie.

In a statement released to Italian news media the 85-year-old departing pontiff says he is relieved to be coming out after eight decades in the closet and urged the Catholic Church and other faiths to accept homosexuality as a natural part of God's creation.

"Like many gay Catholics, I have been forced for too long to choose between my