Pope Idol

4-1: Francis Arinze
6-1:Giacomo Biffi, Dionigi Tettamanzi
8-1:Dario Castrillon Hoyos, Christoph Schonborn
10-1:Giovanni Battista Re
1,000-1:Father McGuire from 'Father Ted'

Let betting commence!

The Reverend Cowell will be overseeing the televised auditions while possible Popes will be put through their paces at such diverse activities as:-

Steer The Popemobile,
Kiss The Pavement,
Wear The Silly Hat,
Bless The Hordes,
Swimwear Competition.

A different contestent will be ejected after each event, with the eventual winner securing a 12 month Pontiff's Tenure, followed by years of obsurity and pantomime appearances, culminating in a brief but shortlived resurgence following an appearance on "I Used To Be The Pope, Get Me Out Of Here".

Please Text POPE followed by the first three letters of your favourite's name to 887877. 25% of all profits will go to the 'Keep Contraception Out Of Africa' campaign.

And the new pope gets a lifetime supply of kiddie porn ...

I nominate the former disgraced Cardinal of Boston who was award a position in the Vatican for his crimes.

I STILL submit that they should put the Popemobile on Pimp My Ride.....

I'm going for Father Jack. I can just imagine him having his ring kissed.

Rip Van Winkle wrote:

And the new pope gets a lifetime supply of kiddie porn

You seriously have no respect for anyone, don't you?

I have to admit that Flashman's and Buddy's jokes were actually kinda funny.
Yours is nothing but a pathetic attempt to be funny that turned out to be nothing but a tasteless unfunny comment.

The joke was appropriate. The Pope allowed a key figure in the American Child sex abuse scandal to be rewarded with a position in the Vatican:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/national/28card.html?ex=1401076800&en=89befdd1167120ad&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND

As any Roman Catholic can, in theory, become Pope I nominate my Dad.

I nominate myself!
(don't tell anyone I'm a gal, ok?)

I will be the next Poop. I've already practiced being a total poop in the queenzone chatroom.

So what if I'm a Lutheran, like you'd notice the difference.

I nominate Pope John Paul George Ringo.

DAMN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I was going to put that, heh.