Papal Conclave Sweepstake 2025

jyxz said:
10 please 🙏
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You get:
NameCountry of originAge
Gerhard Ludwig MüllerGermany77
Christophe PierreFrance79
Jose AdvinculaPhilippines73
Frank LeoCanada53

Cardinal Muller says the Catholic Church risks a schism if it does not choose an “orthodox” leader:

Generally, he takes traditional positions, strongly opposing a female diaconate and resisting changes to priestly celibacy in the Latin Rite, although he once favoured exceptions to the late 1980s. He has also been a vocal opponent of blessing same-sex couples, which he described as "blasphemy".
 
Apoca said:
28 :lolly:
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You get:


NameCountry of originAge
Peter TurksonGhana76
Joseph TremblayCanada79
Joseph CouttsPakistan79
Rainer WoelkiGermany68

Last time around, Turkson was the bookies' favourite. This time he starts off as third favourite:

A guitarist who once played in a funk band, Cardinal Turkson is known for his energetic presence. Like many cardinals from Africa, he leans conservative. However, he has opposed the criminalisation of gay relationships in African countries including his native Ghana.
 
ManicKangaroo said:
33 please
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You get:

NameCountry of originAge
Vincent NicholsUnited Kingdom79
Philippe BarbarinFrance74
Vicente Bokalic IglicArgentina72
Rolandas MakrickasLithuania53

The UK has three Cardinal-electors - the most ever - but it's been 866 years since a Pope has come from these parts:

Born in Crosby near Liverpool, as a child Cardinal Vincent Nichols hoped to be a lorry driver but as a teenager reportedly felt the calling to join the priesthood while watching Liverpool FC.

"He has quite a reputation," says religious historian and writer Catherine Pepinster. "But I don't think anybody has suggested he should be made pope." He himself has appeared to rule himself out of the running as well, telling reporters he was "too old, not capable".
 
Madison said:
You get:


NameCountry of originAge
Peter TurksonGhana76
Joseph TremblayCanada79
Joseph CouttsPakistan79
Rainer WoelkiGermany68

Last time around, Turkson was the bookies' favourite. This time he starts off as third favourite:

A guitarist who once played in a funk band, Cardinal Turkson is known for his energetic presence. Like many cardinals from Africa, he leans conservative. However, he has opposed the criminalisation of gay relationships in African countries including his native Ghana.
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James Brown Dancing GIF
 
Madison said:
You get:

NameCountry of originAge
Robert SarahGuinea79
Vincent BenitezAfghanistan54
Jean-Pierre KutwaIvory Coast79
Stephen BrislinSouth Africa68

Cardinal Sarah is the fifth favourite. He probably hates Moopy:

Cardinal Sarah has been a leading player in the Vatican since 2001, and carries a lot of experience through various roles in the Church’s institutions. Some thought that his best opportunity came in 2013, when Pope Francis emerged as the choice of the cardinals instead. Cardinal Sarah is a traditionalist and a conservative, who has suggested that some of the reforms brought in by the Second Vatican Council to modernise the Church in the 1960s are not obligatory. He is very anti-LGBT+ and has opposed attempts to recognise homosexuality in various African countries.
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Gross.
 
octophone said:
14 plz
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You get:


NameCountry of originAge
Kevin FarrellIreland/United States77
Carlos Aguiar RetesMexico75
Emil Paul TscherrigSwitzerland78
Ángel Sixto RossiArgentina66

You get the Camerlengo Kevin Farrell:

Currently, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-born American who announced Pope Francis’ death to the world, is effectively standing in as temporary administrative head of the church in his role as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. The 77-year-old cannot be completely ruled out as a successor, but there are a long list of contenders ahead of him. Added to that his conservative views have not seen him shy away from diplomatic controversy. In 2018 he infamously prevented the then Irish president Mary McAleese, a supporter of women's ordination and same-sex marriage, from speaking at a Vatican conference on Women in the Catholic Church.
 
D5K said:
#1 please
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You get:


NameCountry of originAge
Cristóbal López RomeroMorocco72
William GohSingapore67
Thomas Aquino Manyo MaedaJapan76
Ángel Fernández ArtimeSpain64

Your main Cardinal is the Spanish-born Archbishop of Rabat:

When Archbishop Cristóbal López Romero of Rabat, Morocco, learned his name was appearing among the favorites to become the next Pope, his reaction was anything but ambitious. “You’d have to be mentally ill to want to be Pope,” he joked in a recent interview with RTVE, shared by Europa Press. López Romero, who hails from Vélez-Rubio, a small town in Spain’s Almería province, is one of seven Spanish cardinals who will participate in the upcoming conclave to elect a new Pontiff.

While bookmakers and Vatican watchers are placing bets on his candidacy, López Romero made it clear: he has no desire for the papacy. “Being Bishop of Rome is something that overwhelms any human being,” he explained. “Wanting it either shows you’re out of your mind and don’t understand what it entails, or you’re spiritually sick and driven by a thirst for power.”
 
Joseph said:
19
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NameCountry of originAge
Robert Francis PrevostUnited States69
John DewNew Zealand76
Mario Aurelio PoliArgentina77
Baselios CleemisIndia65

An American for you:

Prevost, 69, is the head of the Vatican office for advising the pope on the appointment of bishops. Historically, there has been little appetite for an American pope — with the widespread consensus among the College of Cardinals that the United States has too much power in the world already. But Prevost has lived the majority of his life outside the United States, in Italy and Peru. As the former head of the Augustinian religious order, he traveled the world, giving him serious name recognition in a conclave where it will matter more than ever. He is widely viewed as an effective manager who knows the inner workings of the Vatican's antiquated bureaucracy. But his quiet and reserved manner may be a deal-breaker for some looking for a charismatic leader to emerge from the conclave.
 
Ill Advised said:
Lowest number left please
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#2 is:


NameCountry of originAge
José Tolentino de MendonçaPortugal59
Michael CzernyCanada78
Jozef De KeselBelgium77
Chibly LangloisHaiti66

The Guardian says:

Tolentino is one of the youngest potential successors to Francis, which could count against him – ambitious cardinals may not want to wait another 20 or 30 years before another shot at the top job. He has attracted controversy for sympathising with tolerant views on same-sex relationships and allying himself with a feminist Benedictine sister who favours women’s ordination and is pro-choice. He was close to Francis on most issues, and argues that the church must engage with modern culture.
 
Madison said:
You get:


NameCountry of originAge
Kevin FarrellIreland/United States77
Carlos Aguiar RetesMexico75
Emil Paul TscherrigSwitzerland78
Ángel Sixto RossiArgentina66

You get the Camerlengo Kevin Farrell:

Currently, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-born American who announced Pope Francis’ death to the world, is effectively standing in as temporary administrative head of the church in his role as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. The 77-year-old cannot be completely ruled out as a successor, but there are a long list of contenders ahead of him. Added to that his conservative views have not seen him shy away from diplomatic controversy. In 2018 he infamously prevented the then Irish president Mary McAleese, a supporter of women's ordination and same-sex marriage, from speaking at a Vatican conference on Women in the Catholic Church.
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Well, he sounds like quite the arsehole.
 
Oh suddenly we're all into nominative determinism. Open your minds, sheeple, a Kevin can be pope just as a Liz can be Prime Minis...oh, hang on.
 
Indie said:
Highest number remaining PLEASE
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You get:


NameCountry of originAge
Pietro ParolinItaly70
Thomas LawrenceUnited Kingdom62
Carlos Osoro SierraSpain79
Désiré TsarahazanaMadagascar70


Congratulations, you've picked the bookies' favourite:

Seen as a moderate “continuity candidate”, Parolin was close to Francis. He has been the Vatican’s secretary of state since 2013, playing a key role in diplomatic affairs, including delicate negotiations with China and governments in the Middle East. He is regarded as a reliable and trusted papal representative by secular diplomats. In 2018, he was the driving force behind a controversial agreement with the Chinese government on the appointment of bishops, criticised by some as a sellout to the communist regime. Parolin’s critics see him as a modernist and a pragmatist who places ideology and diplomatic solutions above hard truths of the faith. To his supporters, he is a courageous idealist and avid proponent of peace.
 
Iguana said:
26, please.
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You get


NameCountry of originAge
Timothy M. DolanUnited States75
Sebastian FrancisMalaysia73
James Michael HarveyUnited States75
Jean-Paul VescoAlgeria63

Dolan is one of the most recognisable Catholic figures in the US and known for his charisma, conservative principles and staunch support of the Catholic Church’s teachings. The 75-year-old cardinal, who was born in Saint Louis, Mo., was appointed archbishop in 2009 and made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. He also served as president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2010 to 2013.
 
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