How do they pick a pope?

[Pauliesonne]

I couldnt care less, I'm just curious......

 

[ynot]

I couldnt care less, I'm just curious......

Eenee, meanee, minee, pope!

 

[sesmo_k]

Not religious, but followed the last pope picking avidly. Always nice to see crazy state affairs and the media mass hysteria that follows it. Try this link: http://www.slate.com/id/2089248/

If you like books like that, its pretty well explained in Dan browns Angels and Demons.

 

[brodski]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope#Election

 

[geni]

More than you ever wanted to know ever:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_election

 

[brodski]

If you like books like that, its pretty well explained in Dan browns Angels and Demons.

Although it should be said, Dan Brown's books are generally not a good reference source.

 

[kevin]

I couldnt care less, I'm just curious......

the voting process is pretty well documented.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/pope/stories/selection.process/

but they don't talk about the in-fighting and politics that goes on behind the scenes. that's really how the pope is chosen.

Rumor has it that the current pope was selected as a compromise 'cause he was old and if he's a bad pope he'll die off soon. Just a rumor.

 

[geni]

Rumor has it that the current pope was selected as a compromise 'cause he was old and if he's a bad pope he'll die off soon. Just a rumor.

Not really. Probably more that he was likely to in many ways to be more of the same and would soon die off. It helped that he is a competant administrator. The general idea was probably pontif would probably give the various theological groups a change to figure out who they really wanted and stat putting a case together.

 

[Cleon]

Two words:

Karaoke contest.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Iron Chef battle.

 

[Pauliesonne]

Eenee, meanee, minee, pope!

...catch a tiger by the toesy!

 

[hgc]

God picks the pope, and spells it out for the Cardinals in their Alphabits cereal. For instance, many Cardinals saw in their cereal in the morning of the electoin, "A GAY KRAUT POPE WOULD BE HILARIOUS SAYETH THE LORD".

 

[tkingdoll]

Peter Piper picks one, with pickled peppers.

 

[Johnny Pixels]

How many popes would a pope picker pick, if a pope picker could pick popes?

 

[Nex]

Actually, I hear they play best 3 out of 5 in Rock Paper Scissors.

 

[Ausmerican]

via Cardinal Kickboxing

 

[Lord Muck oGentry]

I couldnt care less, I'm just curious......

They are guided by the Holy Spirit. Bleedin' obvious, innit?
So Ynot got it just about right. Except for the spelling ( as any Thomist kno, it's " Eeny, Meeny...")

Regards

 

[slingblade]

Is it just me, or is the new Pope scary-looking to any of you?
I mean, if I were a Catholic child, I'd be praying this pope doesn't make a visit; he's just that scary looking.

 

[Lord Muck oGentry]

Is it just me, or is the new Pope scary-looking to any of you?
I mean, if I were a Catholic child, I'd be praying this pope doesn't make a visit; he's just that scary looking.

He looks scary. They all do.
But you're probably safe if you aren't a choir boy. Or an altar boy. Or a boy. Or a child. Or weak enough to be bullied.

 

[Zep]

How do you pick a pope?

They're the silliest looking Catholic in the Vatican, everyone carries them around in a chair, and they often have a big funny hat and spout rubbish in Latin.

All the others are cardinals or something.