Posted on 01/03/2002 4:04:53 PM PST by Sparkvark
As I understand it the term "Black Pope" refers to a Pope who is also a Jesuit. I was raised a Catholic and I have to admit that I am woefully ignorant about this. Has there ever been a Jesuit Pope?. If there were one would he wear black? With John Paul II in bad health, what do you think the chances are of a jesuit becoming the next pope. Enquiring minds want to know!!! My fathers side of the family is Irish so Ive seen enough catholic, protestant fighting...lets not start one on this thread.
If you had read any of my other postings, you will see I am anti-Jack Chick and an ardetn defender of the Faith and The true Church.
Keep an eye on this fellow:
Pope John Paul II has appointed the 60-year-old head of the Lateran University, long involved with the conservative group Communion and Liberation (CL) as the new Patriarch of Venice, effective January 5. Scola has a long history with the conservative group Communion and Liberation. Affable and cosmopolitan, he is a respected and serious intellectual close to the thinking of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (who is said to have pushed for his appointment to Venice) and the late Hans Urs von Balthasar, both of whom are exponents of a 'rethinking' of the Second Vatican Council.
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