A gardener points to a portrait of Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze's mother in the cardinal's family home in the remote farming town of Eziowelle, Nigeria, April 14, 2005.
You know, this feels like Nov. '04 all over again. I'm constantly checking FR & paddypower.com, which, BTW, has Francis Cardinal Arinze on top once again at 3-1.
Dumb Ox has pointed out that wagers on papal elections, the duration of a pontificate, or the creation of new cardinals were all forbidden on pain of excommunication by Pope Gregory in his bull "Cogit nos", issued March 21, 1591.
Ratzinger is the obvious choice, and in my lifetime the obvious choice never wins. So Arinze might have a good chance.
A gardener points to a portrait of Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze's mother in the cardinal's family home in the remote farming town of Eziowelle, Nigeria, April 14, 2005.