This is me, Eccles

This is me, Eccles
This is me, Eccles

Monday, 28 April 2025

Predict the Pope!

Another rather rushed World Cup to predict whom the cardinals will choose at the conclave starting on May 7th. Rather than listing all eligible people (1.5 billion Catholics) I have gone for the 12 who have been named in most lists of papabile cardinals. These are:
Besungu
Bo
Eijk
Erdő
Parolin
Pizzaballa
Prevost
Ranjith
Sarah
Tagle
Turkson
Zuppi
Meanwhile, Cardinal Parolin already knows who will be chosen. Here he is wearing Pope Francis's mitre at the Youth Sunday Mass in St Peter's Square.

cheeky Parolin

"Just call me Francis II"


SEMIFINALS

Pizzaballa 76.3 v Eijk 23.7

Sarah 42.2 v Erdő 57.8

FINAL

Pizzaballa 58.9 v Erdő 41.1

Pierbattista Pizzaballa gets the job. Good luck - you'll need it!

ADDENDUM: Well, in fact it was Robert Prevost.

7 comments:

  1. Or, “Zephyrinus II”.
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  2. I've never said "ugh" as many times in my life since Francis died, always by seeing these contenders or hearing their names. Theres two listed who are not nightmares. I wont name them because Cardinals can be vindictive people who now live to make us suffer. I will say i like sarah but hes anti-capitalist as far as i know. We dont need that.

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  3. 1.5 eligible Catholics? Clearly there was one final bombshell in Francis’ Last Will and Testament which I missed. Good of him to recognize the gifts that women and children can bring to the Papacy. I'm making a shortlist.

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    1. Close enough to the correct number; any baptised male (over the age of reason) is eligible - not necessarily an adult.

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