vatican calling

"I said a prayer for the Pope. I am glad he's free of his body... no longer trapped. Now we wait for the puffs of white smoke, which will tell us that Condoleeza Rice has been elected Popess, in an election with no paper trail and no verifiable ballots.

Angela Bassett will play her in the movie.

There will also be a related series called "Pope Joan of Arcadia" in which a teenaged girl suddenly turns out to be, like, Pope, like in "The Princess Diaries" and she has to move to the Vatican and stuff? And she hates, hates, hates the hat. But the Cardinal, played by Hector Elizondo, makes her wear it anyway. "Will infighting at the Vatican keep Joan away from her prom?"

Okay, it's late. I'm wandering off-topic. But I'm sure the Pope has a sense of humor about things. Hope so, anyway." (via Lord of the Crumbs)