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To: West Coast Conservative

Well, the next pope is supposed to be "Gloria Olivae" so I guess we'll see. That's commonly interpreted to indicate a Benedictine (Olivetan), but there's only one Benedictine cardinal and he's 93 years old - Cardinal Mayer of Germany. It's sometimes interpreted as a Jewish pope (since olive branches symbolize the Jews in the testaments) but the only cardinal that fits that description to my knowledge is Cardinal Lustiger of France (born Jewish).


3 posted on 04/06/2005 11:27:51 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: AntiGuv

http://www.osb.org/intl/confed/bishops.html

Looks like there is more than one! Here is a list of cardinals:

Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer OSB born at Altötting (Passau) 23 May 1911; professed in the Abbey of Metten 17 May 1931; priest 25 August 1935; Abbot of Metten 3 November 1966; abbatial blessing 10 December 1966; Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes 8 September 1971; named Titular Archbishop of Satriano 6 January 1972; consecrated 13 February 1972 at Rome, in Saint Peter's Basilica, by His Holiness Pope Paul VI, assisted by Bernard Jan Cardinal Alfrink, Archbishop of Utrecht, and by William Cardinal Conway, Archbishop of Armagh; Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Sacraments and of the Congregation for Divine Worship 8 April 1984; Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino 25 May 1985; Prefect of the Congregation for the Sacraments and of the Congregation for Divine Worship 27 May 1985; resigned as Prefect of both Congregations 1 July 1988; President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei from 2 July 1988 to 1 July 1991; Cardinal Priest of the Title of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino 29 January 1996.


6 posted on 04/06/2005 11:36:55 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: AntiGuv

Maybe olive-skinned? South American or Chinese?


8 posted on 04/06/2005 11:38:54 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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