You can stop paying attention to the odds now
According to Paddy Power, Arinze (3-1) has now displaced Ratzinger, (11-2) - who has tumbled into a tie with Lustinger - as the favorite to be the next Pope.
Tettamanzi at 7-1 and both Hummas and Martini at 8-1 remain in the wings. Supposedly.
I still think it will be Ratzinger, with Tettamanzi as the likely alternative.
My guess is that Ratzinger's homily last night was seen as a campaign speech, given its emphasis on the very concerns he is famous for. In any case, now, I think,we have arrived at the point where we can safely ignore the speculation.
The only people who know what's going on are locked inside the Sistine Chapel, and they aren't talking.
Tettamanzi at 7-1 and both Hummas and Martini at 8-1 remain in the wings. Supposedly.
I still think it will be Ratzinger, with Tettamanzi as the likely alternative.
My guess is that Ratzinger's homily last night was seen as a campaign speech, given its emphasis on the very concerns he is famous for. In any case, now, I think,we have arrived at the point where we can safely ignore the speculation.
The only people who know what's going on are locked inside the Sistine Chapel, and they aren't talking.
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