Posted on 02/11/2013 12:06:45 PM PST by Alex Murphy
“The entire College of Cardinals has been appointed by Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI, therefore it’s extraordinarily unlikely that the next pope will not reflect their collective interpretation of the council, which means in worldly terms, a conservative pope,” said R.R. Reno, editor of First Things magazine and professor of theology at Creighton University, in Omaha, Neb. “So the question is whether the College of Cardinals wants another ‘professor pope’ or do they want someone to kind of deal with the Vatican bureaucracy, or a diplomat?
“I’m not a handicapper and I couldn’t begin to speculate,” he said. “But the common wisdom is these things swing like a pendulum.”
William Hill, Britain's largest bookmaker, offered odds of 3/1 against for Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, who is 80 and was once the world's youngest bishop. Odds were set at 7/2 for Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Ghanian Cardinal Peter Turkson.
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power had the same trio as frontrunners, but made Ouellet the favorite. Britain's Ladbrokes had Turkson the leading contender.
Other possible successors include Cardinal Angelo Scola, the archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, the archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras.
Whomever is selected, Reno said, will have the initial task of providing a “strong, clear identity and purpose” internationally, particularly in Europe and throughout Latin America.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is a “long shot” at best, Reno said.
“It’s not clear that the rest of the church would accept American hegemony,” he said, despite the fact that Dolan backs the pope’s conservative vision.
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When pressed for whom he thought was the leading candidate worldwide, Bretzke selected the 71-year-old Scola, who was appointed Archbishop of Milan by Pope Benedict XVI in June 2011 after serving as Patriarch of Venice
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Why not, he already has a God complex.
Arinze would be my choice, if he wasn’t 80.
That was deleted? Must be a copyright issue.
In what way is He not involved?
Or, more to the point, what about this article confuses you to the point where you assume that He is not?
I am sure the Protestants would disagree on this point.
That Ramirez cartoon is indeed hilarious, but I can speculate on why it was pulled: copyright violation. Ramirez / IBD insist you go visit their site to view their stuff.
He is also a particularly strong Scripture scholar.
We would do very well with a man like him.
“Vicar of Christ” Walter F. Murphy (very enjoyable book, even if the premise is VERY unlikely to happen)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1369503.The_Vicar_of_Christ
“Shoes of the Fisherman” - Morris West
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Shoes+of+the+Fisherman%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
“I am sure the Protestants would disagree on this point.”
It’s in their nature.
He is already involved, and it's His decision.
Bookmakers, pundits, anti-Catholics, and others who think as men think (rather than as God thinks) ignore Him, of course.
I wonder if he’ll use a football bat.
The prophecy says the next pope will be Peter the Roman...not the roamin' peter....
I would be very much surprised if Cardinal Dolan got the nod. The American Church right now is going through the starts of a needed house cleaning. Look for either the one from Canada or the one from Africa, since the Church has seen LOTS of growth there.
Has not that prophecy been debunked?
Same here, but it will all be up to God to decide who will be the next Pope.
Has not that prophecy been debunked?
I don't have the slightest idea, I just used it as jumping off point for a Clinton joke ;-)
The media is pushing for a black pope.......won’t happen...my bet says either Italian or Latin American.
I wish I had a vote!
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