A new pope was elected today. Not that I care much. Many more exciting things happened to me today. Well, maybe not. I turned in a musical to my teacher and then interviewed her for an essay. I suppose that might be interesting. However, I did learn there have been 265 popes since Saint Peter. There was one more who died before he was conscreted. THe more interesting aspect of my brief research was the discovery of antipopes, which are actually recognized figures, who were often excomminicated. Isn't that cool? There are 43 recognized antipopes and hasn't been one since 1443. When it became an offense that was automatically excommunicatable, before it was just advisable. Anyway, I'm enamoured of the idea of antipopes.