The Catholic church will elect another magical thinker in chief and he'll carry on peddling magical thinking. What else could happen?
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plot twist: They announce "okay, was a good run. Shut it all down, we're done"
* gruff New Jersey accent * Pack it in, boys!
Nah, no way. Their scam has been working great for over two millenia. Why would they give it up?
There are currently 252 Catholic cardinals, but only 135 are eligible to cast ballots as those over the age of 80 can take part in debate but cannot vote.
You're telling me the Catholic church has more term limits than the US Supreme Court?
Weirdly enough, they might even be less corrupt too.
Hopefully, Interpol catches JD Vance?
They should unmothball Benedict XVI: he's uniquely qualified to deal with Donald Trump, being a former Hitler Youth.
they would need to do more than that, since he is dead.
Surely he can be resurrected: the Christian faith is big on magical stuff like that.
Ehrm..another pope?
To answer the question in the title: my money's on an old white man with homophobic and misogynistic tendencies.
I believe Ralph Fiennes has to navigate a Catholic-flavoured Game of Thrones so that a surprise candidate from Mexico can get the job
Requiescat in pace.
New pope /thread
Now somebody needs to kidnap Jude Law and keep him in a basement until after the white smoke.
Just listen to Pitura Freska, my peers. We need a black pope.
I'm not Catholic any more, for decades, but it was nice to know the pope was from my "turf" of the world instead of yet another European. Plus he was considerably humbler than other popes, the instructions for his own burial are a good example. (In fact a lot of people I know get surprised when you mention that he was a Jesuit instead of a Franciscan. Not just because of his papal name - but because all that "think on the poor" discourse is extremely Franciscan.)
His Easter 2025 message is worth a read, regardless of religion.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, I hope.
And that is not a joke, that is the legal name of the best cardinal for the job