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Illuminati Theories Emerge As Pope Resigns:Conspiracies, Rumors
Fly As Benedict XVI ea!es
Vatican
Illuminati conspiracy theories about the pope and the Roman
Catholic Church emerged Thursday as
Benedict XVI formally resigned the papacy.
Catholicism has long been the target of rumors that it is a key
player in a wide-ranging conspiracy
that alleges that there is a global organiation of powerful
elites called the Illuminati that controls
world e!ents and is working to establish a "ew #orld $rder
go!ernment to rule the world.
Twitter% a reliable hotbed for the latest assertions by
conspiracy-watchers around the world% was on
fire with such rumors throughout the day on Thursday.
$ne of the most popular tweets connecting the pope to the
Illuminati came% unsurprisingly% from the
popular &TheIlluminati account.
'The pope resigned because he(s )oining the illuminati%'the
account wrote% garnering *+ retweets
within two hours of the message being posted.
Twitter user ,ean ,ulli!an took the rumors a step further%
alleging that the pope was meeting at the
Vatican which he dubbed illuminati /0 with late rapper Tupac%
who many people belie!e ne!er
actually died% as well as popular Illuminati rumor targets
1resident Barack $bama and Beyonce.',omeone photoshop a pic of the
pope% beyonce% obama% and tupac partying. Cause thats wats
happening at illuminati / right now2tupacli!es%' he tweeted.
3nd Twitter user Brefni $(Rourke connected the pope(s
resignation perhaps in )est0 to current
e!ents% including% oddly% ,cott #eiland being fired #ednesday as
front man of the ,tone Temple
1ilots.
'3 meteor hits Russia% The 1ope 4uits and #eiland gets fired
from ,T15 Chess mo!es in the
Illuminati(s global endgame% people. I(m tellin ya%'he tweeted
Thursday afternoon.
But not e!eryone bought into the hype. Twitter user Billy
6alidas e7pressed his skepticism as the
rumors built steam.
'old up% are people really saying the pope is stepping down
because he(s )oining
the illuminati 5 2wtf%'he tweeted.
This is not the first time this month that rumored connections
between the Catholic Church% 1ope
Benedict and the Illuminati ha!e emerged. #hen the popefirst
announced on 6eb. 88 that he would
be stepping down% a number of conspiracy theorists posited that
the Illuminati was behind the
resignation.
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