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New Mon 21 Apr 25 09:15   Conclave - Zero

The pope is dead, long live the pope, watch conclave so you can see what goes on now Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 21 Apr 25 09:27   Conclave - Bromptonaut

Ha Ha, beat me to it. Should have posted first and made tea later!!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 21 Apr 25 09:40   Conclave - Bobby

Went to the cinema to see it. A friend who is a priest came along as well. I expected him to rubbish it all but instead he reckoned it was a pretty accurate reflection of what goes on with factions/ agendas/ personalities etc all at play. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 21 Apr 25 09:56   Conclave - Zero

>> Ha Ha, beat me to it. >> >> Should have posted first and made tea later!!! Divine intervention my son, you are absolved Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Mon 21 Apr 25 10:00   Conclave - Rudedog

So he was only out and about yesterday and twelve hours later it's game over... jezz! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 11:38   Conclave - tyrednemotional

When does our Kevin get to go back to the day job? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 12:30   Conclave - Manatee

Conclave was on at Wilstone village hall a couple of weeks ago. Didn't go because it sounded boring. Wish I'd gone now! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 12:42   Conclave - tyrednemotional

...you could try for the live version if you're prepared to travel a little... Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 22 Apr 25 13:17   Conclave - Terry

Book was excellent - holiday reading last year - but have yet to see the film. Main observation is that it is not the most holy who gets elected as chief priest, but the one with political nous and sharp elbows. Like being in politics!!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 13:56   Conclave - Bobby

Think it’s on a streaming service, maybe Prime? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 15:47   Conclave - Bromptonaut

>> Think it’s on a streaming service, maybe Prime? Available on Prime to buy or rent. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 16:59   Conclave - CGNorwich

In case you want a flutter here are the latest odds. Smart money is on Parolin according to a Catholic friend. Next Pope odds Angelo De Donatis 20/1 Angelo Scola 20/1 Fridolin Ambongo Besungu 16/1 Jose Tolentino 20/1 Luis Antonio Tagle 3/1 Matteo Zuppi 7/1 Peter Erdo 8/1 Peter Turkson 8/1 Pierbattista Pizzaballa 12/1 Pietro Parolin 6/4 Raymond Leo Burke 14/1 Robert Sarah 20/1 Wim Eijk 16/1 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 17:06   Conclave - Alanovich

I want Kevin Farrell. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1md6r3l8o Pope Kevin I. Pope Pizzaballa has a ring to it also, but I doubt he'd use his surname as his official style. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 17:29   Conclave - CGNorwich

Best named pope St. Hilarius (461 - 468) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 17:43   Conclave - Robin O'Reliant

Pope Donald. He'll be "The best Pope ever". Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 17:55   Conclave - tyrednemotional

...that's a load of Papal Bull.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 18:07   Conclave - zippy

>> Best named pope >> >> St. Hilarius (461 - 468) >> Meh! :-D Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 19:28   Conclave - Biggles

What happens if an Angelo is elected and then becomes an Angela? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 20:45   Conclave - tyrednemotional

He/she continues to use the same (male) toilets as before. (Which is just as well, as there's a death of toilets for female clerics in the Vatican). Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 Apr 25 21:18   Conclave - CGNorwich

There was, according to some sources, a female pope. Pope Joan becam Pope somtime in the ninth century. She disguised herself as a man and all was well until whe apparently gave birth during a procession and was later murdered. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 23 Apr 25 10:09   Conclave - neiltoo

There was a story, doubtless apochryphal, that before final confirmaton, the Pope elect is carried, commando, over a selection of cardinals, to prove he is correctly equipped. 8o) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 23 Apr 25 10:16   Conclave - Zero

>> There was a story, doubtless apochryphal, that before final confirmaton, the Pope elect is carried, >> commando, over a selection of cardinals, to prove he is correctly equipped. I think there is a non apochryphal doctor involved. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 23 Apr 25 10:40   Conclave - Zero

The average age of the front runners to be new pope is 73, youngest 65. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 23 Apr 25 12:03   Conclave - sooty123

>> The average age of the front runners to be new pope is 73, youngest 65. >> Sounds like the US presidents but younger. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 23 Apr 25 12:50   Conclave - Zero

Well they cant vote them out, so I assume they hope they die in a timely manner. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 23 Apr 25 15:28   Conclave - Robin O'Reliant

I wonder how many of them still believe in God once they get to that age? Seemingly quite a high percentage of older catholic priests do not, around 18% I believe. The figure is probably higher in the C of E which is a lighter touch religion, tending to attract a fair proportion of people who see it as a form of social work. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 23 Apr 25 11:28   Conclave - Alanovich

>> There was, according to some sources, a female pope. Pope Joan becam Pope somtime in >> the ninth century. She disguised herself as a man and all was well until whe >> apparently gave birth during a procession and was later murdered. >> Please don't give Barbra Streisand any more ideas for musical films. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 24 Apr 25 08:28   Conclave - CGNorwich

It is interesting to read of the various factions within the Catholic Church who are strongly opposed to one another. The recent film seems to be very accurate in this respect and there are actually a lot of new Cardinals , appointed by Francis around the globe who could well be vital in how the voting goes. Didn’t realise until recently that the word Conclave - Con Clave in Italian means “with key” The Cardinals are locked in until they make a decision. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 24 Apr 25 08:47   Conclave - Zero

I am in the process of developing a new vegetable based dish, containing different scoville rated chiles. going to call it Chilli Conclave. Last edited by: Zero on Thu 24 Apr 25 at 08:49 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 24 Apr 25 08:49   Conclave - Fursty Ferret

>> apparently gave birth during a procession Something that's happened to all of us at one point or another. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 26 Apr 25 11:12   Conclave - BiggerBadderDave

I just took the bins out and I immediately noticed something rather odd about my street. Nobody out cleaning their cars. Nobody out in their gardens. No kids riding their bikes, no laughing and giggling. Nobody driving off to the supermarket. Not even the noise of a score of lawnmowers. How odd on a scorching Saturday morning. I can only imagine they're all watching something gripping on the telly. I won't bother switching it on, I'm going to sit in the garden with a book and top up the tan. Let me know if I've missed anything interesting. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 26 Apr 25 12:57   Conclave - Robin O'Reliant

>> >> >> I can only imagine they're all watching something gripping on the telly. >> >> I won't bother switching it on, I'm going to sit in the garden with a >> book and top up the tan. >> >> Let me know if I've missed anything interesting. >> It's the World Snooker Championships, Dave. They'll all be glued to that. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 27 Apr 25 07:56   Conclave - sherlock47

Why did BBC2 (on Friday) take the snooker off live terrestrial coverage for coverage of the death of a cult figure, when they have a a dedicated news channel available for news? signed Heretic from Herfordshire. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 27 Apr 25 10:38   Conclave - Manatee

Good question. They could easily have informed the snooker audience via a news flash that the pontiff had been potted and directed them to another channel for coverage. They'll probably have some guff ready about the snooker audience being relatively small. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 27 Apr 25 11:29   Conclave - Robin O'Reliant

Same when HM died, pure overkill. In the case of the pope I doubt if there was as much interest in his death as there is in the snooker. Last edited by: Robin O'Reliant on Sun 27 Apr 25 at 11:29 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 27 Apr 25 16:08   Conclave - Terry

Media coverage has been completely excessive wall to wall pope for much of the last week. I started to wonder why when only about 9% (3.8m) of the population identify as catholic, of which it is estimated ~0.5m regularly attend mass. No wish to offend those of the faith, but interest in the UK in the passing of an aged, largely out of touch religious leader (zealot??) seems unbalanced. Perhaps it's down to money - rather than send reporters at great expense and risk to far flung parts of the world to report on conflicts, famine etc, they get to spend a spring week in a sun bathed Italian city on an expenses paid jolly. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 27 Apr 25 17:16   Conclave - Manatee

I wonder how many go to Anglican communion? No more than that, I imagine. But the Pope will always be news and many non-Catholics see him as an important figure. I'm a hardened atheist but I'll be following the enpoplement with interest. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 28 Apr 25 16:44   Conclave - Zero

>> I'm a hardened atheist but I'll be following the enpoplement with interest. I am in a difficult postion. hard Atheist, but huge admirer of the architecture and history religeon (of all colours) has created, and fascinated by the pomp and circumstance. Ie think the bible/koran is a load of old bollo, but admire the books, script and illuminations as art and history. Reply to this message | Report message