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Tuesday, May 06, 2025

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A surprise could emerge on the balcony after the white smoke clears.

I expect it'll be a cardinal in Francis' mold ... someone with longtime pastoral experience, not just Vatican administration.

#1 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-06 07:44 PM | Reply

They need someone younger than "old" with an actual leadership vision that can play out over a generation.

Hopefully someone compassionate but you never know the Catholics could just as soon side with the Fascists as they have in the past.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-06 07:55 PM | Reply

I don't think Lewzer has much of a shot.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-06 08:00 PM | Reply

He doesn't need to be the pope.

He just needs the pope to be some right wing maniac who agrees with all the hate conservatives embrace.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-06 08:03 PM | Reply

He just needs the pope to be some right wing maniac

Fair enough.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-06 08:13 PM | Reply

Well, it won't be Pope Secola, sadly

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-06 09:26 PM | Reply

Strong runner up is Pope Ayezchiken.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-06 11:11 PM | Reply

I'm going with another Jesuit pedophile so the Illuminati can maintain control.

#8 | Posted by HeliumRat at 2025-05-07 03:16 AM | Reply

Marco Rubio really wants the job, but they can't find a small enough hat.

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-07 05:47 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

My money's on Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

#10 | Posted by shane at 2025-05-07 09:49 AM | Reply

If I had the most powerful electron microscope, I still could not find one iota of interest for an institution that has been on the wrong side of moral history for the most of its existence.

#11 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-05-07 12:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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