Man - That Was Fast

Relapsed Catholic points out that Wikipedia already has an entry for Pope Benedictt XVI. (although it sitll says "Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger" in the URL). I wonder how many such papabili entries they prepared ahead of time?

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[poobah]

The selection of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger by the College of Cardinals was a sataement.
It was made to all those that were saying that the successor to John Paul the Great must address such issues as priests' celibacy, women as priests, homosexuality and abortion.
The statement was: "We have already addressed all of these. You know the answer. Move on to something else."

[BDZ]

GOD HELP POPE BENEDICT XVI RID CUBA OF COMMUNISM
Joseph Ratzinger understands first hand how hate and communism can plague a nation, as he himself fell prey to the nazis as a child. So please, Pope Benedict XVI help Cuba's children experience enlightenment and help them find freedom from persecution and a dictatorship that underlines hate and oppression.

[Anthony]

Between 5:00 and 5:05 pm PDT, the article on Arinze was edited from:

Arinze was one of the principal advisors to John Paul, and is widely considered to be a possible successor to the papacy, which would make him the first African pope in modern times.

to:

Arinze was one of the principal advisors to John Paul, and was considered papabile (a possible pope) before the election of Pope Benedict XVI.

So I'm not entirely certain that Wikipedia had pre-written an article, though perhaps a fan of Ratzinger had.