White Smoke

[Ric.ror]

Breaking news on the BBC

[Everhelpful]

Hope it's the Eastenders Set burning down !!

[Nibble]

Who cares?

[B00]

Quite a few million Catholic people id have thought Nibble!

[DTCwordfan]

Have just asked this on "black smoke"

Am curious to what happens to EggsBenedict's St Peter's papal ring as usually, on death, they are removed and ground up? Has Benedict kept his?

[Bazile]

// Who cares?//


1.2 billion catholics ?

[pretty_snowdrop]

The ring was taken off Benedict and broken up as though he had died.

[voulezvous]

DT I think he gave it back.

[MrsLulu]

I was brought up as a Roman Catholic (Irish grandfather) but no longer am.
Cant understand what the obsession is about the new Pope unless you are Catholics yourselves'

[Ric.ror]

Sorry Dt - I did not see your post
I am stuck at work with no access to a TV except on my iphone - cannot get TV on this outdated lump of a computer

[237SJ]

I can`t say that I`m very interested but I`d like to see a Pope from Africa or South America. Those places are the upholders of the Catholic faith these days. I hope it`s not a "jobs for the boys" candidate from Europe.

[Hopkirk]

There must be hordes of investigative journalists just waiting to dig into his background.

Will they find a follow up to the 'Hitler Youth' story?

[bibblebub]

maybe it's only a fag break

[Bazile]

They will probably find that when he was a priest , he went skinny dipping

[Hopkirk]

Well if it was with choirboys, there'll be trouble

[Gromit]

It should have been a public vote, televised as Pope Idol.

[tiggerblue10]

Lol Gromit!

[Hopkirk]

Dermot could have fronted the show

[237SJ]

I wonder if people would be taking the p1ss if it were a new Chief Rabbi that was being elected or is it just Christains who are fair game?

[Hopkirk]

All religion deserves to be laughed at

[Ric.ror]

Oh I dont mind - I dont think its meant to be too nasty