To: Betaille
I'm just curious as to why they didn't pick a younger conservative as pope. This guy is only going to be around for a few years and we'll have to do this whole thing over again.Speculation was that they might pick an older guy because they didn't want another 25-to-30-year papacy for the same reasons most other organizations/political entities don't want the same leader for very long periods: They acquire too much power and their influence is overwhelming. By the time JPII died, he'd appointed all but something like three of the cardinals in the entire world.
36 posted on
04/19/2005 1:35:34 PM PDT by
Dont Mention the War
(Proud Member of the WPPFF Death Cult - We're coming after YOU next!)
To: Dont Mention the War
By the time JPII died, he'd appointed all but something like three of the cardinals in the entire world. The current pope was one of the three cardinals nominated BEFORE JPII became pope. I wonder what part that fact may have played in Benedict XVI's selection.
74 posted on
04/19/2005 1:47:09 PM PDT by
Tamar1973
(America is not free anymore, the judicial oligarchy rules. Want proof? Ask Terri Schindler!!!!!)
To: Dont Mention the War
By the time JPII died, he'd appointed all but something like three of the cardinals in the entire world. Yep.. and Ratzinger was one of the three.
94 posted on
04/19/2005 1:59:44 PM PDT by
IMRight
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