Nice piece in the New York Times on Paddy Power taking bets on the Papal Conclave. (This Crooked Timber post is interesting on the other markets.) One comment:
Therefore, if the smart money is telling it right, the next pope will
be one of the following three men: Joseph Ratzinger, the 77-year-old
German who is dean of the College of Cardinals; Carlo Martini, 78, the
former archbishop of Milan, perhaps the world’s most powerful Roman
Catholic archdiocese; and, on their heels, Jean-Marie Lustiger, the
78-year-old former archbishop of Paris who, Mr. Power’s helpful Web
site says (with questionable historical accuracy), would be "the first
converted Jew ever elevated to the papacy."
Well, yes, quite. I believe that this guy started out as a Jew.
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