Summary
Pope Francis, 88, remains hospitalized in Rome due to a worsening respiratory infection, described by the Vatican as a “complex clinical picture.”
Admitted on Friday with bronchitis, he was diagnosed with a polymicrobial respiratory infection, requiring changes to his treatment.
The pope has struggled with health issues in recent years, including past hospitalizations for bronchitis and surgery.
Sooo… black smoke in 3-2-1?
Interesting bit of trivia for anyone interested in such things:
In 1595, a “prophecy” was published claiming to predict all the Popes through the end times.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes
Benedict was the last one on the list. So we’re in uncharted territory until “Peter the Roman” ends it all by destroying Rome.
Not for nothing but the movie Conclave is fantastic and a useful primer of how the process we’re likely to witness fairly soon actually works.
I’m old enough to remember Pope John Paul I -> Oops. 33 days later… “Didn’t we just do this?” John Paul II.
For a crash course, you can watch the Vatican segment of Eurotrip, it’s in the last 20 minutes or so, iirc.
Maybe he’ll meet an antipope and they’ll both suddenly be annihilated in a huge explosion?
Pope vs. Anti-Pope is always mixed at a 1:1 ratio.
Not a good name for a guy who destroys Rome. Maybe Peter the Ex-Roman.