Pope Francis- Medical Issues/Death April 20/ 2025

[GR66]

Anti-drone weapons at the ready, it seems ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915959770064031945

Not sure what weapon that Italian trooper is holding, but I want one!

 

[mariomike]

Already a lot of memes of the pope and JD on the World Wide Web.

Too soon for that sort of thing, in my opinion.

Almost as distasteful as this,

Fury at 'disrespectful' mourners taking selfies with the Pope's corpse​

 

[The Bread Guy]

Interesting timing that the movie Conclave just won a few awards from the Screen Actors Guild and is up for a bunch of others.

If you want an older-school version of the drama of picking a Pope (with a titch of Cold War narrative thrown in), this one entertains, too ...

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama

2h 42m | G

www.imdb.com

GROSSLY optimistic ending, but an interesting take produced in the late 1960's.

Aaaaaand, it wouldn't be a race without odds & prediction algorithms, would it?

Next Pope Odds: Betting Favorites & AI Prediction for 267 Pontiff

Pietro Parolin (+225) is the betting favorite by the new pope odds as the Catholic church will soon choose its 267th pontiff, and we offer an AI prediction.

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Next Pope Predictions: New Pope Candidates & Best Picks

Our best new pope predictions look at the top candidates to be the 267th leader of the Catholic church, based on the latest betting odds.

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Bookmakers list Cardinal Tagle as No.2 Papabili - Manila Standard

The date when Catholic cardinals will gather to select Pope Francis's successor is not yet known. But bookmakers and crypto investors are already

manilastandard.net

"Papability Index @pope_predictor - Who’s going to be the next Pope? I have an algorithm that ranks Cardinals according to the likelihood they’ll be the next pontiff." (x.com)