Pope Odds

We're not endorsing and we're not condemning, but we are chuckling. You can bet on who will be the next Pope. LINK to odds.

Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi of Milan is the bookies' favorite right now. According to this story, it's ironic because he despises gambling.

We figure it'll just be a matter of time before some dolt questions whether gambling affects the "integrity" of the election or accuses the College of Cardinals of throwing the election, ala the 1919 Black Sox. Non-Catholics can't think in Catholic terms and in a society dominated by the lust for money, such speculation wouldn't be extraordinary.