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The conclave has elected a new pope, Pope Benedict the Sixteenth.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=683887

Popariffic!

Who wants to place bets on how long it is before he succumbs to some disease?

I place my bets on 2 years before he starts to go downhill. He's in his 70's..

78 actually
from what i heard tell they wanted to elect a pop that wouldnt be around as long as the last one... though that may have just been a rumor

Well. if they just get him to retire once he becomes feeble, there shouldn't be a problem.

so which one is that Jon the Funny Serious or normal Pope that we saw from the paper

Tempus wrote:78 actually
from what i heard tell they wanted to elect a pop that wouldnt be around as long as the last one... though that may have just been a rumor

This seems to be the accepted theory. A long living pope would have to fill JPII shoes (or so the public would most likely think). This one is, most likely, just a transitional pope.


Granted, the last "transitional" pope brought in the Vatican II so ya never know.

[Fallen]Thumperup wrote:so which one is that Jon the Funny Serious or normal Pope that we saw from the paper

It's hard to tell from the photo's on the site, I think it might be the serious one though.