White Smoke!

[patrice]

I hope it's a South American pope.

[AlCzervik]

1. it does look white from some angles

[Freedom_from_Chains]

5. Sky Italia is saying it is white, although no bells yet.

[toymachines]

22. 2005 and they cant make smoke the right color.

ah technology

[BurtWorm]

28. They should change it to red and green smoke.

(Not red and blue!)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Any links yet?

I'm scanning but not finding

[havocmom]

3. smoked ham

[toymachines]

4. clarify for me

does that mean they are still deliberating? it must, they just started yesterday.

[Itsthetruth]

9. HOLY SMOKE!

eom

[yellowcanine]

13. White smoke plus bells means they picked a Pope.

[Mixxster]

14. White smoke means they have reached a decision.

Black smoke indicates they have not.

[Inland]

6. Cardinals have to stop sneaking off for cigarettes.

It's causing confusion.

[AlCzervik]

10. maybe they took a host making break?

[Inland]

33. Not baked. nt

[crispini]

41. LOL.

brings a new meaning to "baked." :P

[ArkDem]

7. This sounds like more racist symbolism to me.

[liberalitch]

8. The bells are supposed to ring too (?)

[Freedom_from_Chains]

18. Apparently yes, but I am no expert on the tradition.

[napi21]

24. YES. Vaticican said they would ring bells to confirm because so

many mis-interpret the colod of the smoke.

[Freddie Stubbs]

48. They are ringing now

[AVID]

11. Vatican says smoke should be BLACK

[redqueen]

12. I hope it's a non-Opus Dei pope.

Let us know when the bells start ringing.

[patrice]

23. Is Ratzinger Opus Dei? n/t

[KC21304]

38. Not officially. He's worse.

[redqueen]

44. He's a fan of the founder of Opus Dei

and is said to be close to the group.

I'd rather it wasn't him.

[The Stranger]

Please, not Ratzinger . . .

[Cleita]

15. Yawn.

eom

[liberalitch]

16. Nope... WP says smoke black....

nada yet

[crispini]

17. looks white to me,

but where's the bells?

[AlCzervik]

27. no bells yet but a whole bunch of screaming nuns, never thought i'd

ever say that-screaming nuns. There are so many cameras at different angles that i find it really hard to tell, one camera makes it look white, another makes it look black.

[yellowcanine]

36. There was a musical piece a while back called "Three Screaming Popes"

Alas, it never became much of a hit.

[alfredo]

19. It's Father Guido Sarducci.

I hope it isn't some right wing jerk or some pedophile.

[Deb]

20. I sure does look white

Good thoughts and prayers for my Catholic friends and family!

[LizW]

26. Same as yesterday

It looked white at first, but then it was black. Everyone got excited for a moment, I heard.

Edited to say: Okay, I looked on CNN and that does look white.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

21. Habemus Papam!

It's probably nazi boy Ratzinger... yuck!

[CC]

25. looks whiter the

longer it goes but no bells yet.

[Walt Starr]

30. Looks white to me

I'm watching on the MSNBHC Vaticam. People are cheering.

[crispini]

32. yeah, it still looks very, very white.

c'mon, bells!

[patrice]

39. Are all of those animals yours?

[CC]

66. Yes they are

and very spoiled. Most were rescues.

[yellowcanine]

29. Seems kind of weird they have to pollute the air to signal their decision.

I can see that sending smoke signals may have been relevant in the 15th century but in the 21st one would think they could come up with something more environmentally friendly.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

31. One would think a simple announcement would work.

[ArkDem]

64. At least it wasn't a (tree killing) paper ballot.

[Pithy Cherub]

34. Very confusing....

Do the bells ring in an hour or right away?

[yellowcanine]

43. Right away but if the smoke happens to coincide with the hour it can be

quite confusing. Just make an announcement already.

[LiberallyInclined]

35. BLACK smoke...no..wait...WHITE smoke now...

and the bells...the BELLS...

[crispini]

37. Bells! No, it's the six o'clock bell.

C'mon, peeps.

[Sparkle]

40. White smoke=Good they chose a Pope, Black smoke=Bad, no new Pope

Why does everything black have to be labeled as bad or wrong?

[ooglymoogly]

there's the tin tinabulation of the bells

oops its just the 6 o'clock.

[ooglymoogly]

42. there's the tin tinabulation of the bells

oops its just the 6 o'clock.

[ooglymoogly]

false alarm

just another heretic up in smoke

[ooglymoogly]

51. the bells are ringing for me and my pope

sung to the tune of "the bells are ringing"

[Freedom_from_Chains]

52. Ok, maybe now we can go back to getting some real news

Like, more about the shredding of the Constitution, an update on how close we are to the new theocracy, when we are going into Iran, etc, etc.

[patrice]

59. LOL!

I know I should be ashamed of myself for laughing at the hideous truth, but . . . . . ?

Oh well, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL

[Freedom_from_Chains]

45. The bell is ringing

[LizW]

46. The bell is ringing.

[CC]

47. The bell is tolling

there is a new pope.

[crispini]

49. Wow. There's a new pope.

Cool. Hope it's not Ratzy.

[LizW]

50. They say we'll know within about half an hour n/t

[arwalden]

54. I Wouldn't Be Surprised If 'Ratzy' Actually Was Elected!

[Cush]

53. People acting like its a rock concert

did the elect a Pope, or a Vatican Idol?

[crispini]

55. Call 1-866-POPE NOW to vote!!! ;) nt

[Pithy Cherub]

60. So what won the role call of the Saints or the St Francis of A solo?

:applause: :evilgrin:

[LizW]

56. Wow, people are FLOODING into the square n/t

[crispini]

57. Now, remind me, what's the name of the so-called "last pope?"

in that prophecy thingy?

[GiovanniC]

61. Peter... the Last Pope Is Supposed to Take the Name Peter

As in the first pope.

However, this dude is supposed to be second-to-last. We still have a little bit of time with these mortal coils.

[SoCalDem]

58. Well, I guess Chris Jansing's Roman vacation is over

She had the plum assignment for CNN.. She's been there since the popr "took ill"..Atlanta will seem boring to her:)

[LizW]

62. The Wave! The crowd's doing the Wave!

LOL!

[patrice]

63. Please let my church stand for justice in the world.

South and Central America need land reform. I was sad for the priest who JP II scolded.

I know someone who just came back from Colombia and an entire extended family of pacifists were murdered, just a few weeks after he left. They were murdered because they wouldn't seek protection under any of the factions down there, involved in the drug-war/politics.

[crispini]

65. damn, this is exciting.

this guy knows how to work the crowd. :)