Tag Archives: The Conclave

‘College Of Cardinals’ UPDATED To Include More ‘Creation’ Data.

by Anura Guruge
on May 11, 2024


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[This is important].

Changes in 2023


Changes in 2024



The NEW ‘Cardinals’ site UPDATED with these new images/tables.

Click image (or here) to access.

What I have done is added ‘who created whom‘ data. I like to have that. I was rather surprised to find that Salvador did NOT provide these numbers on a regular or consistent basis. Given all the data I have, & my still somewhat ‘OK’ numeracy, it wasn’t that difficult to interpolate back to January 1, 2023. From that point it was just grunt work. Some of you will find this data interesting & useful. It shows how the influence of the 3 popes ebbs and flows.

This is still a work in progress. Unlike dear Salvador I have other interests, other projects, other commitments …. But, please give me time. I will slowly improve on what we have. IF you can HELP, please let me know. Thanks.

A NEW ‘The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church’ Website To Augment The ‘Miranda’ Site.

by Anura Guruge
on May 8, 2024


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Last time we heard from dear Salvador — June 28, 2023.
Last time he updated the Website — May 8, 2023.

Click to ENLARGE. To access THE ‘Cardinals’ Website (link).

While I have NO intention of trying to emulate ALL that dear Salvador did, I do want to try and maintain an ACCURATE record of the CHANGES to the College.

Salvador’s website will EVER remain good for everything
UP TO 2023.

What I will do is maintain a list (in the form of one of my famed ‘magic’ Excel spreadsheets) of all the changes — i.e., creations, deaths, aging outs & expulsions — as of Jan. 1, 2023. So, this is the start.

The spreadsheet is done. It has some HIDDEN columns. Plus, I plan to add a few more. No point maintaining a magic Guruge spreadsheet IF I don’t milk as much data as I can. I will calculate days between changes, days between deaths, obituary demographic, etc.

This is still a work in progress. Unlike dear Salvador I have other interests, other projects, other commitments …. But, please give me time. I will slowly improve on what we have. IF you can HELP, please let me know. Thanks.

This is in memory of my friend Salvador.


I dedicated my 2020, encyclopedic, 518-page ‘The Conclave‘ book to Salvador.

I am glad I did. He was chuffed.

‘College of Cardinals’ — All The Changes Since Jan. 1, 2023.

by Anura Guruge
on May 4, 2024


Click to ENLARGE.


Last time we heard from dear Salvador — June 28, 2023.
Last time he updated the Website — May 8, 2023.

Click to ENLARGE. To access THE ‘Cardinals’ Website (link).

While I have NO intention of trying to emulate ALL that dear Salvador did, I do want to try and maintain an ACCURATE record of the CHANGES to the College.

Salvador’s website will EVER remain good for everything UP TO 2023.

What I will do is maintain a list (in the form of one of my famed ‘magic’ Excel spreadsheets) of all the changes — i.e., creations, deaths, aging outs & expulsions — as of Jan. 1, 2023. So, this is the start.

The spreadsheet is done. It has some HIDDEN columns. Plus, I plan to add a few more. No point maintaining a magic Guruge spreadsheet IF I don’t milk as much data as I can. I will calculate days between changes, days between deaths, obituary demographic, etc.

I have ALREADY created a Webpage for MY ‘College of Cardinals’. More on that later. This is but a start. SMILE.

This is in memory of my friend Salvador.


I dedicated my 2020, encyclopedic, 518-page ‘The Conclave‘ book to Salvador.

I am glad I did. He was chuffed.

They Want To Make My “Popes And The Tale Of Their Names” Into A Movie!

by Anura Guruge
on July 12, 2023


Click to ENLARGE. Received as an e-mail.

Click for Amazon listing for this book.

Yes, yes, YES, I know it is a SCAM. I also get e-mails to REPUBLISH some of my books. I never even bother to respond to these e-mails. They are just hoping to get even the faintest of nibbles.

This is FUNNY. This book actually would make a good documentary.

It is one of FAVORITE books!

When you have written as many books as I have, i.e., 39, it is inevitable that you look back at some of those books with more fondness than others. Yes, your first book will always be special & that sure is with I. It also happens to be my all time bestseller. It is the book that in the end allowed me to be what I am.

This ‘Pope Names’ book, as I already said, is another. It was my first pope book. What got me into writing about popes.

My ‘Next Pope 2011‘ is another as is ‘The Conclave‘ (which Amazon informs me is the best-selling of my recent books). So, yes, I have my favorites even among my ‘Bold Coast’ books.

This was funny. Made me smile. Enjoy.