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To: Petronski; onyx; MEG33; PhiKapMom; TomGuy; Squantos; lainie; BurbankKarl; MeekOneGOP; Mo1; ...
Pope John Paul II May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005

"...'the church always tried to keep (the papacy)
out of the hands of the superpower' of the day..."

10 posted on 04/03/2005 7:06:22 AM PDT by bd476
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To: bd476
The Rev. Thomas Reese of America magazine noted that in past centuries "the church always tried to keep (the papacy) out of the hands of the superpower" of the day .....

Yep. They were talking about this on FOX News yesterday.

Looks like the next Pope may be Italian again maybe??

I think I heard that PJP II was the first non-Italian Pope in ~500 years?


22 posted on 04/03/2005 7:22:35 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria is my personal favorite.



54 posted on 04/03/2005 8:15:35 AM PDT by onyx (Robert Frost "Good fences make good neighbors." Build the fence, Mr. President and Congress.)
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