I doubt if he planned to do anything with it, except maybe sell it, if someone became Pope Francis. Not necessarily to the Vatican, but to some Catholic who wants to start a website about this new pope, maybe.
I have an inlaw, Steve Gallagher, who managed to scarf up several potentially valuable website names. I just ran across this one, for instance, which I didn’t previously realize he owned:
Pretty cool. He must have nobbled that one pretty early in the game, I imagine, and I would guess that he is holding on to it until someone comes up with a good price for it.
He’s a sharp guy.
There has never been a Pope Francis before. What are the odds of his guessing correctly?
Here’s the list of the popes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes
The closest is Pope Fabian.