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Pope Benedict the Sixteenth
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:47 am
by [PX]Kal Bob
The conclave has elected a new pope, Pope Benedict the Sixteenth.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=683887
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:57 pm
by [PX]IronFist
Popariffic!
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:12 pm
by Ghost [PX]
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..
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:16 pm
by Tempus
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
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:26 pm
by Paragon
Well. if they just get him to retire once he becomes feeble, there shouldn't be a problem.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:03 am
by [Fallen]Thumperup
so which one is that Jon the Funny Serious or normal Pope that we saw from the paper
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:53 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:40 pm
by [PX]IronFist
[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.