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"Do you really think that a 70-year old Cardinal would be selected as Pope?"

Oh yeah. If a non-Italian is chosen, he is likely to be an older prelate, so as to "limit" his power. The Church is a huge, cumbersome institution, change comes slowly. My bet is on an Italian, but Card. Arinze is making great points with the "conservatives" in the College. (Labels inside the College of Cardinals are about useless, but I use "conservative" and "orthodox" as interchangeable. Some, like the odius Card. Kasper are AT BEST heretics, others like Card. Arinze are quite orthodox, but the office makes the man, so to speak. Even Card. Kasper (Heaven forbid his election!) would likely be "orthodox" in many ways as Pope. Ugh, what a thought though.)

Oh yeah. If a non-Italian is chosen, he is likely to be an older prelate, so as to "limit" his power. The Church is a huge, cumbersome institution, change comes slowly. My bet is on an Italian, but Card. Arinze is making great points with the "conservatives" in the College. (Labels inside the College of Cardinals are about useless, but I use "conservative" and "orthodox" as interchangeable. Some, like the odius Card. Kasper are AT BEST heretics, others like Card. Arinze are quite orthodox, but the office makes the man, so to speak. Even Card. Kasper (Heaven forbid his election!) would likely be "orthodox" in many ways as Pope.

It's about time someone handed it to the ultraliberal schools. The question is, where are these kids getting their catechesis from? That's the only way we can explain the phenomenon at places like Georgetown.

Cardinal Biffi is an apparent possibility. No matter how you look at it, though, being "conservative" is not good enough. One must observe what these folks say and do out there: saying that the do-it-yourself "mass" has ended is not necessarily going far enough in my opinion. Issuing a universal indult won't cut it. Mandating a change in textbooks used in catechism classes - going back to the Baltimore and Roman Catechism, for instance - is significant enough to give people hope.

If anyone knows how I can contact either of the two, please let me know. And also those responsible for backing away from the truth, stating something like, "if this is made public then the French and German bishops will declare a schism". I have to tell these people somehow that such cowardly behavior will foster schism anyways. So let them have their schism and we'll work on finding our way back onto the narrow path once again.