Odds-on favourite.(ENI)--It is an event that has yet to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. , but plenty of people think they know who the next pope will be. They are the punters using an Irish-based Web site, which has Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop of Milan, the favourite to succeed Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła at odds of 2-1. Archbishop Tettamanzi, 70, has staying power: he was joint second favourite back in December 2002, according to the Web site, www.paddypower.com, run by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power. In the current list, the next most likely choices for pope are seen as Claudio Hummes, 70, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, at 5-2 and Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino (born October 18, 1938 in Jagüey Grande, Matanzas, Cuba) is the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Havana and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the second Cuban elevated to Cardinal. , 67, of St. Cristobal (Havana), Cuba, at 11-2. Paddy Power defended the wagers as "just a little fun." He has also given odds (1000-1) on Father Dougal McGuire Father Dougal McGuire is a character in the comedy series Father Ted, played by the actor Ardal O'Hanlon. Renowned for sleeping in his Irish national football team shirt and He-Man sheets, the dense Father Dougal is one of life's innocents. , a fictional priest from the British television series, Father Ted. |
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