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Japanese Cardinal Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (L) and Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels (C) leave the general congregation meeting in Vatican City April 15, 2005. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama

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[starfish923]

I would automatically delete the American and Mexican cardinals and delete those anywhere close to 80.

[starfish923]

I know this probably isn't what people would like to hear, but I think that the new pope should be from Europe.
Europe is the home base of Christianisty and the base has eroded badly through secularism, economic properity and an arrogance that is based on "me" and "my rights."

Having a Polish pope was the best thing that has happened to Poland and Europe (religiously speaking) since the Reformation. Another European pope would be good for our Catholic and Christian base.
The southern hemisphere can wait its turn, in another 100 years.

Just a thought or two.

[xzins]

Is there anyone who rates these guys in terms of conservative, moderate, or liberal in reference to church tradition/history/doctrine?

I've always heard that JPII, prior to his elevation to pope, was a conservative....do you agree with that?

Someone had to have rated him -- formally or informally -- for that to have been said. Where are those ratings?