Pope Benedict XVI to resign

[Tyyr]

Ah yes, because black guys are totally interchangeable and all work together for a common goal.

As for an American pope... shouldn't that one be up to God?

[Deepcrush]

To be fair, a black pope may be good. Since as a whole the population has spent most of its efforts since gaining equality... into killing each other by the tens of thousands. Someone who could try and unite them could be a worthy cause.

[IanKennedy]

To be fair, a black pope may be good. Since as a whole the population has spent most of its efforts since gaining equality... into killing each other by the tens of thousands. Someone who could try and unite them could be a worthy cause.

You would rather they unite under the pope and decide to kill everyone else?

[Mikey]

To be fair, a black pope may be good. Since as a whole the population has spent most of its efforts since gaining equality... into killing each other by the tens of thousands. Someone who could try and unite them could be a worthy cause.

You would rather they unite under the pope and decide to kill everyone else?

...again.

[Deepcrush]

To be fair, a black pope may be good. Since as a whole the population has spent most of its efforts since gaining equality... into killing each other by the tens of thousands. Someone who could try and unite them could be a worthy cause.

You would rather they unite under the pope and decide to kill everyone else?

You just won a cookie for that IK.

[IanKennedy]

[Deepcrush]

With luck they'll unite under the Pope and be useful to society again.

[Captain Seafort]

Habemus papem.

Dunno who yet.

[Captain Seafort]

*drumroll*

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is now Francis I.

Guess the conclave was feeling sorry for the Argies after they got put back in their box yesterday.

[Teaos]

Good on the south Americans, considering thats where most of the worlds Catholics are, and most of the worlds Practicing catholics are, they deserve it.

Also I do find it funny that the old Pope was a Hitler youth and the new one is from the country where a lot of escaping Nazis fleed to... conspiracy.

[Mikey]

It certainly has been a long time coming to have a Latin American pontiff, I just wonder about how a man with almost zero experience outside his home archdiocese got elected so quickly.

[Teaos]

5 votes is fairly normal speed. I think they knew they needed a change.

I love that he choose an original name too.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

So what will be the first thing Francis I asks once he gets a hold of the Pope's private line to the Big Man? 8)

[Mikey]

5 votes is fairly normal speed. I think they knew they needed a change.

I love that he choose an original name too.

Not really - Benny XVI was elected in four, and he was far and away the front-runner going in. JP II took eight.

[Captain Seafort]

Aye. Given that Benny changed the rules back to requiring a 2/3rds majority, rather than the simple majority JP had changed it to, I'm very surprised we got a result so quickly. This is the Roman Catholic Church we're talking about - rapid decision making is not a speciality.