Comments on: A brown Pope? The long odds on Bombay’s Cardinal Dias

By: zod

zod — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:21:23 +0000

Maradiaga and Martini are the good guys here, so they should probably get creamed. Bet on bad guy Ratzinger, a bargain at 7 to 1, to initiate the papal reich. Arinze is not out of the question, though the odds are terrible. I’m counting on the Italian vote getting split in the crowd. Fascist apologist Schoenborn is a tempting longshot at 16 to 1.

By: jacob

jacob — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 22:54:04 +0000

i think ivan should win!! he’s the best!! i hate europe and africa’s too poor

By: Saurav

Saurav — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:07:27 +0000

Well, he's at 25:1 and 30:1 at two different sites now (both from the link above), so he's making progress from the original date.

I don't know why they can't do this as a tournament. The NCAAs are getting dull over the years.

By: joanne38

joanne38 — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:00:50 +0000

Cardinal Dias was pictured and mentioned as 1 of 14 possibilities in the Baltimore Sun newspaper. Personally, my prayers are with, and for, him.

By: indyan

indyan — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:11:32 +0000

after destroying the heathens on multuple continents and turning them into d’souzas, imeldas, cristobals, and other gringo types, it is now india’s turn….

By: Karthik

Karthik — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 05:55:41 +0000

This article on MSNBC doesn’t list Cardinal Dias even in the top 20

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4136355/

By: sd

sd — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 03:10:53 +0000

So, despite the whole thing being a longshot, everyone seems to be betting that the next Pope will be from, as they say, the "developing world." 65-70% of the world's Catholic population does not live in Europe or the United States, however, half the cardinal electors are from Europe.

The best clip on Pope-betting is from the now-defunct Las Vegas Mercury and around here, wherever I may be, you can place a bet on how the cardinals will vote, who'll leave early and other erroneous details of the process.

By: Anonymous Cow

Anonymous Cow — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 21:45:04 +0000

Betting on the next Pope? If I didn’t find it so hilarious I would surely find it offensive.