The Pope resigns

[mlp]

I'm thinking that the Italians will take back the papacy.

We should have a pool about this.

 

[beancounter]

I'm thinking that the Italians will take back the papacy.

We should have a pool about this.

I'll bet 10 billion dollars, that an American will not be chosen.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytime...tting-markets-are-saying-about-the-next-pope/

 

[peacefulveglady]

I don't want an American choosen, I agree I think an Italian should take up this time around.

 

[ledboots]

I don't want an American choosen, I agree I think an Italian should take up this time around.

It might be nice to have a South American pope, though, since there are lots of Roman Catholics there.

But it will be a European, probably the least controversial Italian they can come up with.

 

[mlp]

It might be nice to have a South American pope, though, since there are lots of Roman Catholics there.

But it will be a European, probably the least controversial Italian they can come up with.

I agree. It would probably be good for the church to have a non-European pope, but I don't think it's going to happen soon.

 

[beancounter]

But it will be a European, probably the least controversial Italian they can come up with.

Yea, choosing someone who was a former Hitler youth, was just not a good idea..

 

[Spang]

 

[das_nut]

No Pope Amen Specklebird?

He was the best pope!

 

[peacefulveglady]

How about annoying pope for a name?

 

[ledboots]

MR. POPE! LMAO

 

[das_nut]

Come on, my reference can't be *that* obscure, can it?

 

[Blobbenstein]

 

[Spang]

istherewhitesmoke.com

So far 'No'.

 

[Blobbenstein]

Last time, I thought the white smoke looked pretty similar to the black smoke. It would be better if they used a colour, like green.

 

[Spang]

Black smoke.

 

[Blobbenstein]

It's a lot better this time.

 

[ledboots]

It's a lot better this time.

They had some time to practice.

 

[Spang]

 

[Spang]

Also, you can visit the Sistine Chapel here. Very detailed, pan-able, zoomable.

 

[Spang]

The smoke recipes:

Both recipes are fairly standard pyrotechnical formulas. The white smoke, used to announce the election of a new pope, combines potassium chlorate, milk sugar (which serves as an easily ignitable fuel) and pine rosin, Vatican officials said in a statement. The black smoke, which was used Tuesday evening to signal that no one in the first round of balloting received the necessary two-thirds vote of the 115 cardinals, uses potassium perchlorate and anthracene (a component of coal tar), with sulfur as the fuel. Potassium chlorate and perchlorate are related compounds, but perchlorate is preferred in some formulations because it is more stable and safer.