I’ll be on a Richard Thompson concert on May 8th, and it’s also the 80th anniversary of nazi Germany’s total capitulation. If they decide early, I may miss it on that day.
Especially how it is frowned upon to publicly state you want to be Pope.
Because when the conclave happens he is no longer a cardinal.
I have talked to people who met Pope Francis during his walks in the Vatican and he was a very humble man. Also, the Pope is no longer the autocrat he used to be so Pope Francis did more than what would be reasonably expected given politics. Lastly, gotta respect he took his papal name after St. Francis of Assisi.
He was a Christian that actually practiced what he preached.
Not to worry. It’ll be in all the papers.
At my parents’ urging, we booked (months ago) a once-in-a-lifetime trip for them to see Venice and Rome. We’ve been to both, so we’re going to show them around. We’ll arrive in Rome on 27 May, so presumably all this kerfuffle will be over and done with.
I concur.
Classy… 
An interesting presentation:
They lose their cardinalate upon the Pope’s death to avoid fraud, but I was just thinking how public does it have to be? Could the Pope just tell the Dean that if this guy shows up to the conclave that he really is a Cardinal.
I believe so. Robert Harris in the novel Conclave also had a throwaway line about the just-deceased Pope having changed the rules to allow a cardinal in pectore to participate in the next conclave.
Can the Pope demote a cardinal? I’m just imagining a Pope demoting a cardinal to a monk by saying “You’re friared”.
Okay. Go to your room immediately and say 10 Our Fathers and 10 Hail Marys.
Currently, all cardinals are bishops (though I don’t think that’s actually strictly speaking a requirement), and the Pope can’t make a bishop not a bishop any more, because bishop-ness is conferred by an indelible sacrament.
Everything else, though, the Pope can take away. He can make a Cardinal not eligible to take part in the next election (this was done recently for a great many of them, when the Church imposed a maximum age on electors), he can make him not a Cardinal any more, and he can remove him from his diocese (so he’s still a bishop, but not a bishop of anywhere in particular).
White smoke!
Now we’re just waiting for him to come out & see his shadow
Deep-dish pizza will be served in the Vatican.
We have a Chicago Pope! (Besides Cecil Adams).
Did anyone guess the name Leo? I thought there was a thread about that.
He’s just making sure he’s lionized.
I wanted Pope Bob; turns out I missed it by that much.
As a Chicagoan, I can only say, “Oh Jesus Christ, we’re never going to hear the end of this.”
I can hear the nasally phrase “Da Pope” twanging through the air now, accompanied by the raising of beer mugs.
Right here.
I got 1/2 point since Leo XIV was a close second for me.
The Onion just posted on Facebook “Conclave Selects First Ever Chicago Style Pope” with an image of the new Pope Photoshopped into a poppy seed bun with mustard, relish, onions, tomatoes, and a pickle.