Catholic Cardinals HATE the English

[Arneb]

Electing first a German, then an Argentinian, to the throne of Peter really sends a message to London.
You Scots must be jubilant!

[MM_Dandy]

Next one will be a colonist, I'd wager.

[tubeswell]

A Martian colonist?

[Enzo]

One of those guys who writes for the newspaper?

[Мастер]

Next one will be a colonist, I'd wager.

Isn't the current one a colonist?

[Heid the Ba]

Yes, which makes him the perfect compromise. He looks like a South American but is actually Italian.

[tubeswell]

Next one will be a colonist, I'd wager.

Isn't the current one a colonist?

Funnily enough, they seemed to take great care to pick someone who wasn't going to be tainted with colonism.

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

Just with Colonelism.

[Lance]

Doesn't the Prophecy of the Popes say he is the last one?

[tubeswell]

Well he's presently the last one for the time being

[Lianachan]

Well he's presently the last one for the time being

Indeed. What are the options for the fulfillment of the prophecy?

1) End of the catholic church
2) Rearrangement of the catholic church, removing the need for a pope
3) End of the world
4) This pope is immortal

Any others?

[Мастер]

When the current one resigns/snuffs it, the election process remains in perpetual gridlock.

All future popes are not new, but reincarnations of previous popes.

Benedict outlives Francis, and becomes pope again.

[Lianachan]

When the current one resigns/snuffs it, the election process remains in perpetual gridlock.

Still with constant live coverage of black smoke on the TV, no doubt.

[Enzo]

The entire world goes up in black smoke. We all go to live in cities under the sea to escape it all. As we explore our new watery environment we discover to our horror, that the sea floor harbors "black smokers" and we realize the whole cycle will start over. And we run screaming into the abyss.

[Lianachan]

And we run screaming into the abyss.

Swim, surely?

[Blue Monster 65]

I'm flashing onto some baaaad Italian '70's/'80'/ sci-fi flicks here. This plot has happened before!

[Lianachan]

You Scots must be jubilant!

I think the majority of us couldn't really give the tiniest shit, to be honest.

[MM_Dandy]

I did mean a colonist of the once and former British Empire.

I think the prophecy says that the next pope will be the anti-Christ.

[tubeswell]

And we run screaming into the abyss.

Swim, surely?

No. We will drive, fly, or take the train.

[tubeswell]

I did mean a colonist of the once and former British Empire.

My mistake - I thought you were alluding to priesthood and colons

[Enzo]

Well, metaphorically speaking, I was.

[tubeswell]

Well, metaphorically speaking, I was.

Yes I knew you were.

[Enzo]

Oh, that is confusing, my post came out in a different spot than I thought. Silly me.