OK, I don't take this to mean ANYTHING. But hey, we are going to keep hearing stories about who's likely to be elected for at least another 9 days - so why not continue to follow the silly side of this as an entertaining balance to the serious discussions? Paddy Power is one of the on-line betting services that allows you to put money on who's going to be elected as John Paul II's successor - and I see that their odds have changed on a few candidates since last I checked (about a week ago). Cardinal Arinze remains at 11-4, but is now the sole betting favorite since Cardinal Tettamanzi, the Archbishop of Milan, has slipped to 7-2. Cardinals Rodriguez Maradiaga and Ratzinger stay where they were previously in the next most likely group but are joined by Cardinal Bergoglio, a Jesuit and the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who has flown up the odds from a 20-1 bet to a 7-1 bet (like Ratzinger). Cardinal Hummes, Archbishop of Sao Paulo, holds at 9-1.
Posted by armand at April 9, 2005 02:01 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Religion