Posted on 04/02/2005 12:00:20 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Arinze as "John Paul III" is a giddy fantasy of mine.
OOOOP, wrong link in above post!
(It's getting late...lol).
I am hoping for this man:
The African cardinal tipped to succeed the Pope
Friday, 01 April , 2005, 19:10
Lagos: The fourth-ranking cardinal in the Vatican and the African with the best chance of succeeding Pope John Paul II began his stellar church career as a child of poor pagan parents in a mud-brick bungalow in the forests of southern Nigeria.
As the current pope clings to life in a Roman hospital, Cardinal Francis Arinze, the 72-year-old Prefect of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, is seen by many as a credible candidate to become the first African to rule the Holy See since the death of Gelasius I in 496 AD.
And if the college of cardinals sitting in the Sistine Chapel does decide that the Holy Spirit has chosen Arinze to lead the Church, the tiny Nigerian farming village of Eziowelle might well become a place of pilgrimage for the world's hundreds of millions of Catholics.
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13707701
We're on the same page.
I really think, we need Arinze.
The doc thinks JPII wants him.
My sincere sympathy for your loss patriciaruth,
but your's is a truly heartwarming story.
May God bless your family.
To God's ears!
I think the majority of Catholics in the world ie those in third world countries are ready for a third world Pope.
For a real long shot how about Ignace Moussa I Daoud Archbishop of Homs, Syria.
Imagine a Pope from a Moslem country!
Now THAT would be a quake of untold magnitude!
WOW.
Let's hope.
Almost "briefing time" -- I'm scared.
What time is briefing time?
Spokesman on now.
-PJ
it's on now
I'm having a hard time understanding
Saying his condition has not changed
The pope knows that it is dyingISCED the VATICAN - the pope Jean Paul II "knows that it is dying and it made me a last safety", declared Saturday the cardinal German Joseph Ratzinger, senior of Crowned college, quoted by the chains of information uninterrupted Sky Italia.
The Ratzinger cardinal was allowed with the bedside of the pope Saturday morning.
Very serious, not in a coma, opens eyes when spoken to
Just occurred.
He's cognizant.
Happy that young people are standing vigilant.
God Bless him.
I wonder perhaps if he wants to hold until Sunday. As I understand it, it is the Feast of Mercy, which I believe he established.
ALARM - the pope is in an extremely serious state but not in the comaISCED OF the VATICAN - the pope Jean Paul II is in an "extremely serious" state and has losses of consciences but it is not in the coma, announced to Saturday the spokesman of the Vatican Joaquin Navarro-Valls.
Is it?
Well, then of course you're right!
Sunday it shall be.
I have tears streaming again, some joyous...
he's grateful for the young people standing vigilant.
We have been blessed with a great Pope.
JPII the Great.
I stand in awe and in pure adoration of this man.
I'm pretty sure it is.
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