Who will be the successor to Pope Francis when he retires/dies? He already has said he won't keep the position for too long.


Bovada has odds out on prospective papabilities...

Luis Anton Tagle (Phillipines) +600
Marc Ouellet (Canada) +600
Angelo Scola (Italy) +900
Peter Turkson (Ghana) +1000
Sean O'Malley (USA) +1000
Christoph Schonborn (Austria) +1200
Timothy Dolan (USA) +2000
Vincent Nichols (England) +2000
Peter Erdo (Hungary) +2000
Leonardo Sandri (Argentina) +2000
Joao Braz de Aziz (Brazil) +2500
Odilo Scherer (Brazil) +2500
Agostino Vallini (Italy) +2500
Gianfranco Ravasi (Italy) +2500
Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga (Honduras) +2500
Robert Sarah (French Guinea) +3300
Vinko Puljic (Bosnia) +3300
Angelo Bagnasco (Italy) +3300
Albert Malcolm Ranjith (Sri Lanka) +3300
Pietro Parolin (Italy) +4000
Mauro Piacenza (Italy) +4000
Wilfred Napier (South Africa) +4000
Piero Marini (Italy) +4000
Bechara Peter Rai (Lebanon) +4000
Francisco Robles Ortega (Mexico) +4000
Francis Arinze (Nigeria) +4000
Antonio Canizares Llovera (Spain) +4000
Reinhard Marx (Germany) +5000
George Pell (Austria) +6600
Thomas Collins (Canada) +6600
Raymond Burke (USA) +6600
Phillpe Barbarin (France) +8000
Roberto Rivera Carrera (Mexico) +10000
Diarmuid Martin (Ireland) +15000
Ivan Dias (India) +15000
William Levada (USA) +15000

Thoughts? Any viable candidates not on this list?

How does one get elected Pope anyway? Does Tim Teebow get the final say?

All the leading cardinals of the church around the world get together for an "enclave". They basically have a secret vote and the new pope is chosen amongst that group. Lots of politicking going on.

So Tim Teebow is not involved? Quite surprising!

looks like becoming Pope is like binking the main lol.

Whoever has ****ed the most children probably!

Considering how popular Pope Francis is I expect the next pope to have similar views on social issues and how a pope should conduct himself.

I expect the next pope to be an old school Italian, fire and brimstone, gays are icky kinda Pope.

We need another Borgia Pope. Either that or another Julius II.