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To: Mount Athos

That's the description of Cardinal Mayer's offices through the years. The rest of the list are bishops and archbishops, not full cardinals.

There's been some vague speculation that the first non-Cardinal since 655 years might be elected pope, in which case there are a whole lot more Benedictines to choose from, and bishops of Jewish origin, and even at least one Benedictine of Jewish origin. We shall see!


10 posted on 04/06/2005 11:44:43 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: AntiGuv

The benedictine thing is a claim and tradition of the benedictines themselves, perhaps because they are also called "olivetans". The author of the prophesy himself never said it would be one of them. I have also heard it said that the original prophesy only listed 111 popes, and that 112 was added in an edition long after his death.


11 posted on 04/06/2005 11:49:25 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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