# The 2025 Papal Conclave **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 5, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913 "2025-05-05T17:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/341 "2025-05-18T21:25:27Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > The white bird in the foreground. A Swiss Guardsman in a **fantastic** disguise. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/342 "2025-05-19T11:51:48Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > I noticed this photo of Pope Leo in his Popemobile: > > and it reminded me of JFK in Dallas: > > Isn’t it too dangerous for the Pope to be riding around like this? Yes, it does seem like a bad idea to drive slowly with an open top; you’re completely vulnerable to bird droppings. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/343 "2025-06-06T14:30:28Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > According to Pokey the Penguin, doing something _Chicago style_ means without pants. I have apparently been doing my citation referencing wrong the whole time… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/344 "2025-06-06T14:57:00Z")
On the internet, no one can tell whether you’re wearing pants. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/345 "2025-06-06T16:08:32Z")
As long as you remember not to stand up during the zoom meeting. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/346 "2025-06-06T17:02:38Z")
Reason to always have the “pants” filter installed and running. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/347 "2025-06-06T17:04:32Z")
I think you might have a marketable idea, there. Maybe there can be a “Showered and well-groomed” filter as well. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/348 "2025-06-06T17:33:35Z")
Well, the cat filter works for that. Cats are always clean & well-groomed. And nobody expects them to wear pants, so the lack is OK. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/349 "2025-06-06T17:48:32Z")
“I’m ready to proceed, Your Honor. I’m not a cat.” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/350 "2025-06-06T17:58:28Z")
That was one of the Great Online Moments. Getting back to the Papal proceedings, I notice that his birthplace archdiocese is having [a big celebration](https://www.archchicago.org/popeleoxiv) on the afternoon of the 14th at the White Sox stadium, with a video participation by the Pontiff. And yes, you have to go through TicketMaster. Not even the Church can avoid them. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/351 "2025-06-06T18:26:29Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > That was one of the Great Online Moments. Indeed it was. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/352 "2025-06-06T18:35:42Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > And yes, you have to go through TicketMaster. Not even the Church can avoid them. No ticket agent can serve two masters! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/353 "2025-06-06T18:50:36Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > That was one of the Great Online Moments. CanLII is one of the main legal search engines in Canada. If you get a 404, they replace their logo with the famous “lawyer who is not a cat” image. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/354 "2025-06-06T18:51:23Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > No ticket agent can serve two masters! I think we all know whether Ticketmaster is serving God or Mammon. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/355 "2025-06-06T19:39:07Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > No ticket agent can serve two masters! And they will not split orders between credit cards, meaning No Ticketmaster can serve two MasterCards.. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/356 "2025-06-06T19:53:05Z")
I’m sure the KeyMaster and the GateKeeper fit in here someplace. They (Ticketmaster) are a pretty unholy outfit if ever there was one. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/357 "2025-06-06T19:56:20Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m sure the KeyMaster and the GateKeeper fit in here someplace. “TicketMaster the Fee-Imposer. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the fee-imposer came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many music and theater fans knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!” [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjI4MjAyNTI0Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODc3NzI2MDE@._V1_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjI4MjAyNTI0Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODc3NzI2MDE@._V1_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/358 "2025-06-06T20:09:06Z")
Little known fact. _Ghostbuster_’s demon / whatever Zuul was named after a friend of mine with that name. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/359 "2025-06-07T03:23:25Z")
Go on. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913/360 "2025-06-11T21:00:08Z")
As to HH’s love of baseball: > **[Pope Leo XIV shows off his White Sox fandom at weekly general audience](https://www.aol.com/pope-leo-xiv-shows-off-183725850.html)** > > Pope Leo XIV put his baseball fandom on full display Wednesday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-papal-conclave/1017913.md?page=19)