When the pope is sick, Italians always gossip about who comes next – even before ‘Conclave’

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.

​The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.   The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.