[Land of the Irish]

Other features in his favour include the excellent relations he enjoys with bishops in Africa and South America, along with support received from so-called intellectual French Catholics and modernist wings of the Church.

[Land of the Irish]

Ping

[vrwcagent0498]

I would be very happy about that. The Blessed Mother said at Fatima that Portugal would always preserve the Faith. Maybe this is what she meant.

[sinkspur]

The next Pope will be Italian.

[Wessex]

"Other features in his favour include the excellent relations he enjoys with bishops in Africa and South America, along with support received from so-called intellectual French Catholics and modernist wings of the Church."


To receive the support of the French intellectual class, a future pope must surely jetison all traditional positions and extol the virtues of modern life. This would of course mean allowing priests to marry, permitting contraception and opening up the priesthood to women once celebacy, sexuality and ministry have been redefined "to suit modern tastes". A whole new ball game and one which for more people will put into question the illegitamacy of modern papacies.

[marshmallow]

He's 68 now. Furthermore, this is a Portuguese publication.....and I've never seen him mentioned elsewhere.

Then there's the old saying "he who goes into the conclave a pope, comes out a cardinal" or words to that effect.

I'll bet my next pay check that he doesn't succeed JPII.

[latae sententiae]

A notable disadvantage is the fact that D. Policarpo is a smoker, which could be looked upon negatively in the English-speaking Catholic world

What? Are thee going to be a series of Papal debates and an endless stream of Gallup polls, too? The English-speaking world needs to get a grip.

[kjvail]

My prayers are for Count Christoph von Schoenborn of Austria - orthodox and royalty!