Year of three popes Year of three popes A year of three popes is a common reference to a year when the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church are required to elect two new popes within the same calendar year. Such a year generally occurs when a newly elected pope dies or resigns very early into his papacy. This results in the Catholic Church being led by three different popes during the same calendar year. The most recent instance of a year of three popes occurred in 1978. The three popes involved were: There have been several instances in which three or more
Smoking Popes to recruit Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun to record the Smoking Popes' first LP, "Get Fired". That year also saw the release of one Popes track from the same sessions. "Let's Hear It for Love" appeared on the "It's a Punk Thing... You Wouldn't Understand" compilation on Shakefork Records. For the follow-up to Get Fired the band worked with producer Phil Bonnet, who also produced much of their early material. "Need you Around", which would later launch Smoking Popes to a huge audience via the soundtrack to the film "Clueless", was recorded in December. In early 1994, the band opened for