POPE FAIL: Habemus Scola!
The Italian bishops conference sent out a press release congratulating Milan Cardinal Angelo Scola on becoming pope — only Scola didn’t win, as expected. Mamma mia!
Pope Notebook: Dolan as Hilarius II? Mahony as Innocent XIV? Benedict’s ‘coup d’etat’; no Dennis Rodman yet
As everyone waits for white smoke – while under umbrellas in the chill of a wet Roman March – thoughts turn to many, many other things…Such as rumors that New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a relentless jokester, would take the name Hilarius II if elected.
Tweet of the Day: The Vatican’s Greg Burke
Yeah, he could have pumped up our Sweet Sistine bracket, but I think baseball is pretty much a religious experience. And pastoral, which is what we all want in a Pope, no?
Filipino Cardinal gets a “YMCA” campaign jingle
Having the Village People anthem “YMCA” re-purposed as a campaign jingle probably wasn’t Cardinal Luis Tagle’s idea — but you have to smile when you watch this video. Lighten up and sing along!
Cardinal Mahony knows the new Pope
The retired archbishop of Los Angeles even has a cappuccino with him almost every day. But he’s not giving any names — and no one else may know what will happen in this week’s conclave either.
Clash of the Cardinals: The Italian-American media war heats up
The U.S. cardinals may have been barred from holding their popular daily press briefings but the war of words between the Italian cardinals and their allies – who are suspected of engineering the silencing – and the Americans only seemed to escalate.
Cardinal Dolan is the next Barack Obama
As in the Archbishop of New York will be the commencement speaker at Notre Dame this spring. Just like President Obama in 2009. Very generous of the USCCB president to speak at a school that is no longer Catholic. And not just because it blew that championship season.
Benedict gets the New Yorker treatment
No, he’s no Eustace Tilley. But it’s an honor. Sort of. No? Discuss.
A fake bishop infiltrates the Vatican!
Well, for a few minutes at least. Not that hard to do, actually. This ain’t the Pentagon. If he got into the conclave, now that’d be something. But betrayed by a sash? Why did he go to all this trouble and use a scarf? One word, bro: Gammarelli’s…
Your Daily Colbert: “We have undergone a popendectomy”
Why isn’t Stephen Colbert in our “Sweet Sistine” pool? Any baptized male can be elected, and he sure qualifies. Alas, we may have to settle for video clips like these…