Pope betting - Odds to become the next pope – Ghana’s Peter Turkson listed as favorite

[moobu2]

I guess it could change but paddypower.com is taking bets and giving odds.

Cardinal Peter Turkson (Ghana)
11/4
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (Italy)
66/1
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
100/1
Archbishop Angelo Scola (Italy)
11/4
Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith (Sri Lanka)
66/1
Cardinal William Levada (United States)
100/1
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (Italy)
7/2
Cardinal George Pell (Australia)
66/1
Cardinal Ivan Dias (India)
125/1
Cardinal Marc Ouellet (Canada)
8/1
Cardinal Thomas Collins (Canada)
66/1
Cardinal Karl Lehmann (Germany)
125/1
Cardinal Odilo Scherer (Brazil)
12/1
Cardinal Reinhard Marx (Germany)
66/1
Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela (Spain)
125/1
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (Italy)
14/1
Cardinal Giuseppe Betori (Italy)
66/1
Cardinal Jose Da Cruz Policarpo (Portugal)
125/1
Cardinal Peter Erdo (Hungary)
14/1
Cardinal Robert Sarah (French Guinea)
66/1
Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo (Brazil)
150/1
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco (Italy)
16/1
Archbishop Piero Marini (Italy)
66/1
Cardinal Donald Wuerl (United States)
150/1
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri (Argentina)
20/1
Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois (France)
80/1
Cardinal Walter Kasper (Germany)
150/1
Cardinal Christoph Schonborn (Austria)
20/1
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (Peru)
80/1
Cardinal Giacomo Biffi (Italy)
150/1
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (Philippines)
20/1
Archbishop Vincent Nichols (England)
80/1
Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli (Italy)
150/1
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin (France)
25/1
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera (Mexico)
80/1
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (UK)
150/1
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier (South Africa)
33/1
Archbishop Pier Luiga Celata (Italy)
80/1
Cardinal John Njue (Kenya)
150/1
Cardinal Timothy Dolan (United States)
33/1
Cardinal Raymond Burke (United States)
80/1
Archbishop Georg Ganswein (Germany)
150/1
Cardinal Francis Arinze (Nigeria)
33/1
Cardinal Angelo Amato (Italy)
80/1
Archbishop Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez (Dominican Republic)
150/1
Cardinal Sean O'Malley (United States)
33/1
Archbishop Pietro Parolin (Italy)
80/1
Cardinal Wim Eijk(Netherlands)
200/1
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga (Honduras)
33/1
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi (Italy)
80/1
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo (USA)
200/1
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Argentina)
40/1
Cardinal Attilio Nicora (Italy)
100/1
Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller (Germany)
200/1
Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera (Spain)
40/1
Cardinal Dominik Duka (Czech Republic)
100/1
Cardinal Angelo Sodano (Italy)
200/1
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza (Italy)
40/1
Cardinal Paolo Sardi (Italy)
100/1
Cardinal Francis George (USA)
200/1
Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai (Lebanon)
66/1
Cardinal Julian Herranz Casado (Spain)
100/1
Richard Dawkins (UK)
666/1
Cardinal Agnostino Vallini (Italy)
66/1
Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (Cuba)
100/1
Bono (Ireland)
1000/1
Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz (Brazil)
66/1
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe (Italy)
100/1
Father Dougal Maguire (Craggy Island)
1000/1
Cardinal Claudio Hummes (Brazil)
66/1


http://www.paddypower.com/bet/novelty-betting/current-affairs/pope-betting

[Scuba]

1. I'm figuring it'll be a white, male, Catholic.

[Renew Deal]

2. Richard Dawkins 666/1

[cloudbase]

3. Time to fill out your brackets for March Madness

[d_b]

4. lol nice

[cbayer]

8. You can actually vote on this at the following site:

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/03/07/sweet-sistine-update-sacred-semifinals/

[moobu2]

5. I see Archbishop Angelo Scola has moved even with Cardinal Peter Turkson

If I was betting I would bet on Archbishop Angelo Scola from Italy.

[longship]

6. My money's on Father Dougal Maguire (Craggy Island)

At 1000/1 it'll pay off well.

Plus, the world gets a Pope from Craggy Island. What could be better than that?

Greater opportunities for comedians rarely happen.

[Dawson Leery]

7. Where is Satan?

[DUgosh]

9. My right wing whacko relatives

Woud freak if it's Turkson

[Zen Democrat]

10. That will freak out all believers in the prophesy of St. Malachi ---

That the last Pope will be named Peter.

[MADem]

11. I'll put my one dollar bet down on the Franciscan from Boston.

I figure they want to really stick it to the Americans for being the first to bust loose with scandal in a big way, and if the guy can't fix the mess with the abuse of children, the rapes of nuns by priests elsewhere around the world, and the fiddling/diddling in Ireland, Italy, and other locales as well, to say nothing of the Vatican Bank scandals waiting to drop, why not give it to the American and then say "See? See? It's all HIS fault!"

If I could buy a second ticket I would go with the old fart from Milan.


Who knows who they'll pick, though--how can anyone read what those fellers are thinking?