"I'm sorry Jesus...I just don't feel up to the job anymore. It's such so difficult. The world says
such unkind things about me and my health isn't the greatest anymore you know..."
"Wait, let me get this straight. You want to quit because you don't FEEL GOOD????"
*Not original work
The cardinals vote amongst themselves and elect one from the group. (it is pretty rigged and money/greed filled)
-murph
an excerpt to explain in more detail:
Popes are elected by the College of Cardinals meeting in Conclave when the Apostolic See falls vacant. Pope Paul VI significantly changed the rules for conclaves in 1975 when he promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Romano Pontifico Eligendo. He excluded all cardinals 80 years old or over from the conclave and made provision to prevent any bugging of the Sistine Chapel.
It was according to these rules that Albano Luciano, Patriarch of Venice, was elected Pope John Paul I and that a little over a month later, Karol Wojtyla, Cardinal Archbishop of Krakow, was elected Pope John Paul II.
Pope John Paul II himself promulgated a whole new set of rules in 1996 in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis.
He has not departed radically from the traditional structure. But he has made some significant changes:
- if no cardinal has been elected by two-thirds majority after a certain number of ballots, the cardinals may agree by absolute majority (half + 1) to elect the Pope by an absolute majority instead of a two-thirds majority
- rather than stay in uncomfortable, makeshift quarters in the Papal Palace, the Cardinals will stay in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, hotel-style accommodation in Vatican City
- the only remaining method of electing the Pope is by scrutiny, ie, silent ballot -- the methods of election by acclamation and by committee have been excluded (but were rarely used)
- the older cardinals are still unable to enter the conclave, but they are invited to take an active role in the preparatory meetings
- the rules on secrecy are tougher
hno:Pope Joan was a legendary female Pope who allegedly reigned for a few years some time during the Middle Ages. The story first appeared in 13th-century chronicles, [SUP][1][/SUP] and was subsequently spread and embellished throughout Europe. It was widely believed for centuries, though modern religious scholars consider it fictitious, perhaps deriving from historicized folklore regarding Roman monuments or from anti-papal satire.
The first mention of the female pope appears in the chronicle of Jean de Mailly, but the most popular and influential version was that interpolated into Martin of Troppau's Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum, later in the 13th century. Most versions of her story describe her as a talented and learned woman who disguises herself as a man, often at the behest of a lover. In the most common accounts, due to her abilities, she rises through the church hierarchy, eventually being elected pope. However, while riding on horseback she gives birth, thus exposing her gender. In most versions, she dies shortly after, either being killed by an angry mob or from natural causes. Her memory is then shunned by her successors.
Some versions of the legend suggest that subsequent popes were subjected to an examination whereby, having sat on a dung chair containing a hole called sedia stercoraria, a cardinal had to reach up and establish that the new pope had testicles, before announcing "Duos habet et bene pendentes" ("He has two, and they dangle nicely"),[SUP][2][/SUP] or "habet" ("he has 'em") for short
:think2:
5dimes current odds on Next pope
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-murph
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-murph
| Other Sports Pope | Spread | Money Line | Total Points |
| Next Pope to be selected - Friday, February 15, 2013 7:00 AM | |||
| 1101 Peter Turkson selected | | +300 | |
| 1102 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1103 Marc Ouellet selected | | +300 | |
| 1104 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1105 Francis Arinze selected | | +400 | |
| 1106 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1107 Leonardo Sandri selected | | +650 | |
| 1108 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1109 Angelo Scola selected | | +280 | |
| 1110 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1111 Gianfranco Ravasi selected | | +850 | |
| 1112 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1113 Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga selected | | +1050 | |
| 1114 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1115 Angelo Bagnasco selected | | +1100 | |
| 1116 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1117 Tarcisio Bertone selected | | +1200 | |
| 1118 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 | |
| 1119 Claudio Hummes selected | | +2800 | |
| 1120 Any other selected as next Pope | | -99999 |
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