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AuntyQuated · 19/04/2005 17:13

they have a pope

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thedogmother · 19/04/2005 17:13

oh really!!

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RudyDudy · 19/04/2005 17:13

blimey - that was quick. know anymore about him?

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AuntyQuated · 19/04/2005 17:14

don't know who but the decision is made

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AuntyQuated · 19/04/2005 17:14

they say cos of the speed he must be one of the firm favourites

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thedogmother · 19/04/2005 17:14

here

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MissChief · 19/04/2005 17:15

crossing fingers for one with more liberal views on use of condoms for AIDS prevention, as well as on rights of women & their status in church

..baited breath then...

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whimsy · 19/04/2005 17:20

Wonder who it it

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lilibet · 19/04/2005 17:21

please don't let it be Ratzenberger.

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PuffTheMagicDragon · 19/04/2005 17:25

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jabberwocky · 19/04/2005 17:26

Good grief, that was fast! I heard a story in the news that they once took the roof off to hurry the process.

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JoolsToo · 19/04/2005 17:31

Cardinal Sicola to be known as






Pope Sicola

  • baboom!
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highlander · 19/04/2005 17:39

how exciting!

DH and I were staying in his boss's condo a few weeks ago and we generally have a 'no TV' rule whilst on our hols. His boss arrived one night to go skiing the next day and asked us what we thought of the Pope's death. 'The Pope is dead? How exciting!' I exclaimed, really meaning that I thought the whole white smoke/black smoke was exciting.............. DH and boss not exactly amused

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BadHair · 19/04/2005 17:43

Puff, I thought the end of the world/antichrist or whatever was supposed to come after the next pope. I think it was Nostradamus who said that there were 2 more popes until the end of the world, and someone worked out that JP was 2nd to last.
Will look up when I get home. Nice cheery thought.

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Gobbledigook · 19/04/2005 17:43

Why - do you believe it?!

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Gobbledigook · 19/04/2005 17:44

Sorry, didn't mean that to sound harsh - just wonder if people really do believe this.

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bossykate · 19/04/2005 17:45

it's ratzinger

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Gwenick · 19/04/2005 17:46

oh no!!! ISn't he the really hardliner - worse than John Paul???

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bossykate · 19/04/2005 17:47

benedict xvi

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whimsy · 19/04/2005 17:47

I think it's very exciting Pope Benedict

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bossykate · 19/04/2005 17:48

yup he's a hardliner. i suppose african catholics will continue to die of aids for the lack of condoms

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nerdgirl · 19/04/2005 17:50

Couldn't be Nostradamus, Badhair. He claimed to foresee the future upto 3797 or something like that.

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whimsy · 19/04/2005 17:50

Give him a chance

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AuntyQuated · 19/04/2005 17:51

he's addressing everyone from the balcony

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bossykate · 19/04/2005 17:54

ratzinger profile

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nerdgirl · 19/04/2005 17:54

Found it! It was St. Malachy a thousand years ago. He predicted that Ratzinger would be followed by the last Pope - "Peter the Roman" and then Rome would be destroyed.

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