# Over 80? Sorry, No Papal Vote for You **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 4, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680 "2005-04-04T16:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/21 "2005-04-06T16:09:21Z")
> [@JerH](#): > > I’d like to see a revival of some of the good ol’ pope names that have sat unused for centuries. There’ve been too many Johns, Pauls, and Piuses of late. I’m really hoping for a Pope Cletus II. Or the one before the original Cletus - Pope Linus II has a nice ring to it, too. Both conjure up nice cartoon images - Cletus, the Slack-Jawed Yokel in a miter, or the Peanuts character sitting on the papal throne with his blanket, sucking his thumb. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/22 "2005-04-06T19:54:18Z")
There has been talk about a potential for the next pope to be from latin america. Imagine a Pope Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/23 "2005-04-06T21:07:31Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > I read in today’s Post that only those cardinals who are under 80 years of age are allowed to vote for the new pope? As a result, nearly all of the cardinals who are able to participate are ones that were named by John Paul II himself. Why the age restriction? > > \ I think the age restriction, which is really just a mandatory retirement age, is a legitimate policy to insure somewhat against the very real risk of Cardinals who have “lost their fastball” taking part in the Conclave. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/24 "2005-04-06T21:13:03Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > C’mon. Pope George Ringo. It’d increase his eventual chances of being Beatle-fied. More popular then Jesus? That would be awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/25 "2005-04-06T23:41:41Z")
For the record, I suggested “Pope Peil” (AKA the Pocket Fisher-of-Men) in another thread. (So there. Nyah.) Regarding Pope Cletus: Am I the only one picturing “Little Cletus” from Zoolander? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/26 "2005-04-06T23:44:47Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > Regarding Pope Cletus: Am I the only one picturing “Little Cletus” from Zoolander? Probably. I bet most people here are thinking “Most Popes’ll never lose a toe, but then again some Popes’ll…” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/27 "2005-04-07T00:42:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I heard on Chicago news radio on Saturday that they’re thinking of retiring the “John Paul” name, with the late Pope given the honorific “Pope John Paul the Great.” Does this mean they’ll be hanging his vestments from the rafters of St. Peter’s Basilica? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680/28 "2005-04-07T15:18:29Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > Does this mean they’ll be hanging his vestments from the rafters of St. Peter’s Basilica? > > 😃 I _so_ want to be there when he comes out of retirement. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-80-sorry-no-papal-vote-for-you/297680.md?page=1)