No Pope Today

The First Conclave Has Spoken. 

The first round of balloting has taken place today, 

ending in black smoke 

up the chimney of the 

Sistine chapel

...signaling to the outside world…

no pope for you.

In order for a new Pope to be elected 

there must be a 2/3 majority… 

that is, 

77 out of the 115 cardinals,

 have to agree.

Let's just hope the cardinals can come to an agreement 

easier and faster 

than our politicians in Washington.

Otherwise, 

the cardinals will be spending 

lots of hard time conclaving...

and 

we shall remain POPEless.

Anywhooo…..

I don't think there is an obvious front runner 

for the next Pope. 

 Will he be African, American, Canadian?

Seeing March Madness begins next week,

 I think it is only fitting that we talk bracketology

to help us figure this out.  

Just as with basketball,

 there are some years when

 it is harder to pick the

 obvious front-runner.   

Will a sleeper cardinal pull off a major upset 

and be elected pope...

and shock everyone?

Stay Tuned.

You gotta love Pope Madness, folks.

The Sweet Sistine

This particular bracket has the

 cardinal from Nigeria 

elected POPE.

So who do you have going to the 

Final Four?

I just hope the winner…

whoever he is...

gets to cut down a net

before he starts his new job.