In Case You Were Wondering...

The process of mourning the Pope, and selecting his successor. I liked this detail:

"In the past, the camerlengo struck a silver hammer against the pope's forehead to confirm his death, but it's unclear if the ritual is still active."

I MUST HAVE THIS JOB. I will give up my budding career as blogger for the oppotunity to play whack-a-Pope's-corpse. I'm talking to Vicki as I write this, and she's wondering what size the hammer was. I think, if the job is to make sure the Pope is good and dead, then maybe "gavel" is a minimum.

Oh, I'm so going to hell.