Cardinals’ conclave to elect new pope begins; a first non-European in the cards

Tuesday, March 12th 2013 - 07:40 UTC

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Roman Catholic Church cardinals will file into the 15th-century Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to begin their secret election of a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinals under the voting-age limit of 80, totaling 115 are scheduled to begin their conclave at 4:30 p.m. in Rome after asking for God’s guidance at a mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
I guess the one best-placed to be Pope (etc) will be the one who declares most loudly that buggery, sodomy, paedophilia, gun-crime, drug taking and drug-dealing are very, very wrong.
That's the easy bit.
What if he (she?) also sounds off for women-priests, women pontifs, contraception and abortion!
Ho, hum.... just a flight of fancy.

“Maybe we should just vote for a safe pair of hands; someone who won't let conscience get in the way of sound management of the books ”

“White smoke, white smoke!”
Mar 12th, 2013 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Shed-time
@1 if you declare that loudly you'd be isolating yourself from pretty much every level of the catholic hierarchy from relic-shaker and golden mary idol polisher up to uber-pope warlock.

Considering the entire catholic seminary is renowned as being full of gay gentlemen then suggesting you dislike buggery and or sodomy would not be seen as singing from the required hymn sheet (pun intended).
Mar 12th, 2013 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
one things certain,
he will be catholic.
Mar 12th, 2013 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Is the Pope a Catholic!?

At least a 'safe pair of hands' means that the there will be less of what the bears do in the woods.
Mar 12th, 2013 - 08:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
well,
some recken it might even be an asian pope,

i supose we will just have to wait.
Mar 12th, 2013 - 08:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Shed-time
While we're waiting, does anyone know if catholic priests use condoms when they're bumming? It would be curious if they were so against condom use and yet used them during their 'events'.
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The Cestrian
Controversy already about the new Pope and his association with the military junta:

http://news.sky.com/story/1064535/pope-francis-and-argentinas-dirty-war
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