The sun is coming up in Melbourne, Australia. Light is beaming in through a chink in the curtains of an anonymous hotel room. “The sun’s rising, unfortunately,” says one of Ghost’s five Nameless Ghouls, who has either just woken up or not yet been to bed.
It’s hard to tell. “But it will set again eventually. In celebration of the resignation of the leader of the Catholic Church, I need to pour some complimentary milk into my coffee.
Could you excuse me?” In the time between ’s scheduled interview with Ghost in Sweden and finally tracking them down some eight days and 10,000 miles later, the Catholic church has been rocked with more allegations of inappropriate behaviour from one its eminent Cardinals, and its leader – The Pope himself – has become the first to resign in 600 years. Tomorrow he will leave the Vatican and adopt the new title ‘Emeritus Pope’. As the Ghoul prepares his coffee the thought strikes us: we know the perfect Papal replacement.
He’s called . He is Ghost’s ‘new’ singer and though he follows a rather different philosophy he already has the headgear. “Well wouldn’t be interested,” says the Nameless Ghoul.
“But Papa II might have been. These last weeks have been confusing for him. The thought might have crossed his mind but he already has a new job with us now.
Like the church, we’re now entering a new era with a new Papa.” A quick recap before things get confusing. You may know that Ghost – now called Ghost BC i.
