Dated article, but relevant to Bergoglio's papacy in the the past six years.
1 posted on
05/27/2019 10:42:26 AM PDT by
ebb tide
To: ebb tide
The voiceover goes on: “It was not to be long until the Sankt-Gallen group got a new chance, because unexpectedly, Pope Benedict resigned." Unexpected to say the least.
The last time a Pope resigned was 700 years ago. That Pope never wanted to be Pope but was more or less drafted. He resigned when it became more or less self-evident that he was not suited for the job.
Pope Benedict is not such a person. Was it unexpected to everyone?
2 posted on
05/27/2019 11:17:44 AM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
To: ebb tide
What kind and degree of "politicking" before, during or after a papal conclave is enough to have it ruled defective?
And who would give such a ruling? The head of the Apostolic Signatura? The Camerlengo? (both now Bergoglian appointees, no doubt)
Wasno't it John Paul II who wrote the "no politicking" rule? Did he ever spell out how it would actually work?
4 posted on
05/27/2019 12:05:55 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
To: ebb tide
“They wanted Church reform, they wanted to bring the Church closer to the hearts of people . . . Because "the people" were longing for a church where sodomy was a sacrament.
5 posted on
05/27/2019 1:56:00 PM PDT by
madprof98
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