Posted on 04/02/2005 8:17:39 PM PST by sinkspur
Who Will Be the Next Pope? These 20 candidates have possibilties By John L. Allen Jr. Rome
Prognostication is a notoriously hazardous business, and the trash heaps of church history are littered with the carcasses of journalists who have tried to predict the next pope. Almost no one, for example, correctly anticipated that the archbishop of Kraków, Karol Wojtyla, would emerge from the second conclave of 1978 as Pope John Paul II.
In that spirit, the intent here is not to "predict" who will become the next pope, which is a futile exercise. Instead, the aim is to identify cardinals whose backgrounds, accomplishments, and personalities guarantee they will at least get a serious look as possible papal material. Doing so will illustrate the criteria cardinals typically employ in trying to size up who among their peers might be able to step into the "Shoes of the Fisherman."
Will the next pope be one of these 20 men? Perhaps. But all are certainly under consideration, and that by itself makes them worth a look.
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Let me know when Cardinal McCarrick returns to the Faith from his modernist meanderings. Let me know when he denies communion to pro aborts as Scripture commands.
McCarrick wouldn't know Church Tradition if it bit him on the backside.
We will pray not.
"Theoreticly, they can pick ANY male Catholic,..."
I'm available. ;-)
60 is the new 40? 30?
I don't want a pope that sits back and lets innocent people die either. Sometimes you have to DO something. Had he been pope during WWII do you think he would have wanted people to not fight against Hitler?
I'm learning about them...so far nothing on their home page or what is said seems wrong to me. JPII canonized their founder...do you know something more?
I think Cardinal Dionigi Tettanmanzi will be elected. I think the College of Cardinals will want to preserve the great teachings and guidance of John Paul II. Therefore, I think it's more than likely that the College will elect an interim figure, a very safe, conservative, well liked and respected, amiable individual who will continue the mission of John Paul II. I think Cardinal Tettanmanzi is that man.
I'd still like to know if he would have been against the US getting involved in WWII.
"Listen that is all well and good in a nation-state, however in religions even an elected leader can be liberal/socialist." ~ AKSurprise
### "Elected" is the key word.
If the one "elected" by "we the people" to "represent" us turns out to be a disappointment, "we the people" have the option of throwing the bum out of the office.
Any time you see a government set up in such a way as to prevent "we the people" from being allowed to choose those who will govern us -- I don't care if it's in our church denominations or in our secular governments -- you have a top-down, unbiblical, elitist/dictatorial form of government where "we the people" are the mere pawns of those who claim to know what's best for us.
"Just look at what has happened in the Episcopalian church, its about to split over Gays in the clergy and Women clergy. It's just as easy to get a bad elected leader as it is to get a chosen leader.# ~ AKSurprise
### So the answer is not "we the people" engaging in free elections, but "we the people" having our leader(s) chosen FOR us by elites??? Puhleeeeeze.
"Besides Catholics believe the College of Cardinals are divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit when choosing a Pope." ~ AKSurprise
### The Framers deliberately blocked elites (they called them, "the hiarchy of men") from imposing their conscience (personal BELIEFS) on "we the people" when they set the Constitution in place to GUARD absolute (self-evident) moral truth.
"It's in the Lord's hands, not ours." ~ AKSurprise
### Isn't everything?
Does that mean we shouldn't have tried to help Terri Schiavo's parents block the tyrannical judge in Clearwater, Fl?
Does that mean we shouldn't make every effort to see to it that Bush's judicial nominees are allowed to come up for A VOTE in Congress?
Puhleeeeze.
Cool! But I'm afraid I've already decided to commit my support to Thomas Monaghan.
Monaghan spending millions to create Catholic law school
Monaghan Ponders Nation's Soul [Our next VP?]
Domino's Founder, Tom Monaghan,Pushes Conservative Catholic Line Domino's Founder Tom Monaghan: Why I Am Still Catholic
Ave Maria School of Law (endorsed by Scalia and Thomas) Accredited by ABA
The fact remains that you said you had not heard one Cardinal state that they would pray to the Holy Spirit for guidance on selecting the new Pope and I pointed out Cardinal McCarrick did say it.
Whatever your or my thoughts on him otherwise, your assertion that such had not been said was shown to be in error.
Do a search in the religion forum on OD and Escriva. The threads have been contentious debates to put it mildly. You'll find a great deal of info. Google pulls up some sites from people who left the organization. They have interesting perspectives.
But the USA, and its hyperpuissance, may now be so regarded.
If Karol Wojtyla was a sharp stick in the eye to the USSR, who could serve a similar function vis-a-vis the USA?
The Cuban? The Brazilian?
The fact you cannot see beyond superficialities shows you don't have a clue.
Dear Willie Green,
Yeah, but Tom Monaghan is stinking rich. Do you really want to concentrate all that economic and religious power in one man?
Might as well elect a powerful politician. Sen. Brownback's a good guy.
On the other hand, if you don't want to concentrate power by avoiding electing the rich or powerful, I'M YOUR MAN!!
;-)
sitetest
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