Will the pope steal his thunder today?

[malaise]

Asking for a friend

[dhol82]

1. One can hope

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Hoping he needs a thunder mug during the speech

[malaise]

4. A Clap clap of thunder

So says Carville😀

[hlthe2b]

3. Possibly. He clearly is. suffering. I don't think there is going to be ANY good that comes

from a conclave now (and that is a non-religious assessment of the impact a Pope CAN have). I hope I am wrong. Someone pointed out that most of the cardinals who would select his replacement were actually elevated to Cardinal by Pope Francis. Someone to the right of Ratzinger is the last thing the world needs right now in our efforts to push back the rise of fascists- and in the US, those who hide behind "religion" (including some perverted form of Catholicism) to promote fascist ideology.

But, yes, if the Pope does pass, all eyes worldwide turn to the Vatican and the famous (infamous? ) white smoke. Trump and his MAGAT enablers will truly hate that.

[Dennis Donovan]

15. If Pope Francis doesn't survive, I hope they don't pick another Pius XII. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

18. We could use another John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła) who saved lives during WWII

[Dennis Donovan]

19. I know he's your favorite.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. He was my mother's favorite for obvious reasons and he really was a hero during WWII

My parents were in London when it was announced and when my mother told my Dad, he didn't believe her. A guy who I see at meetings is an ordained priest and he told me a joke last week about John Paul II, but I can't remember the punch line.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

5. A miracle would be nice

Jeesus Gawd all-mighty
I cannot believe I just typed that.

[malaise]

6. LOL

I can’t believe I wrote an OP about the pope😀

[PuraVidaDreamin]

7. Strange times indeed.

[malaise]

8. One thing for sure - based on this the next one won't be American

In a message addressed to the Pontifical Academy for Life on March 3, 2025, Pope Francis expressed concern about the loss of momentum of multilateralism, which is being undermined “by short-sighted attitudes concerned with protecting particular and national interests.” The Pope, who has been hospitalized since February 14, officially signed his text on February 26 from the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.

https://aleteia.org/2025/03/04/pope-worried-about-politics-focused-on-interests-of-the-few

[mr715]

14. Lord almighty.

[SheltieLover]

9. Dunno, but if any lightening is involved, pls let it go straight to kraznov!

[questionseverything]

10. Death comes in threes but I can't believe the evil one would get bundled with

Carl dean and the pope

[SheltieLover]

11. Maybe only to watch others enter a pleasant dimension

While he is held to account?

[ZRB]

12. Pure class

I guess if precious Palestine isn’t involved, decency goes out the window.

[malaise]

13. 58,000 dead ones

Celebrate

[ZRB]

16. Including tons of terrorists, because of a war they started

Good lesson not to do terrorism.

[LeftInTX]

17. Oh you're bad.....

[malaise]

20. He didn't

But there was no thunder, just lies and old tired BS.

[Trexmaster]

22. Too much PR

I think Pope Francisc died some days or a week ago. The constant reporting on his health is subtle weak signalling to those that know how to decode. This is what I chose to accept as fact. I don't blame the Vatican chancellery & staff for going this route.

As for conclave election, I think there's an ongoing proxy conclave ever since they sent him to hospital, until they make it ceremonial and official on whom they reveal to have chosen.

Why do I think this?

The next Bishop of Rome, Roman Catholic Pope, will be from: either Asia, or Africa, or maybe (but doubtful? again?) from the Americas.
There's no other explanation.

There's no other explanation than that the proxy conclave negotiations are still ongoing, tough, and there's no consensus as of yet, for when they'll play it in the official conclave to the rest of the public, world.