Posted on 04/01/2005 7:36:44 AM PST by marshmallow
What an interesting thought - a Semitic Pope! I had thought of the olive skin angle - time will tell!
I just looked up the definitions of Semite - here they are.
Sem·ite
A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Near East and northern Africa, including the Arabs, Arameans, Babylonians, Carthaginians, Ethiopians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians.
A Jew.
Bible. A descendant of Shem.
semite
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite peoples" [syn: Semite, Semitic] n : a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa [syn: Semite]
JPII, we love you!!!
God bless Pope John Paul II!!
When they elected JP II, I was in a freight elevator in Chicago's IBM building with 3 Polskis. I thought they had won the World Cup or something.
Not to make you jealous of me, mike, but I was 17 when they had the last conclave (and 16 going on 17 when they had the one previous to it). I remember "The Price is Right" being partially preempted so that the Eye could show the cardinals (minus Lou Brock and Jim Hart) proceeding into the chapel for the conclave that elected JP the *first* (is he even remembered 27 years later)? By the time JP I died and the next conclave met to elect JP II, I was back in school and missed all of *that*. Sorry.
I was in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium watching a Bucs/Phillies doubledip when they flashed the news on the board that Paul VI had passed on.
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That's interesting. Who inserted the last Pope?
Yes.
There's also been some lobbying from the Pepsi Cola Company for a particular candidate. He is Cardinal Secola of Italy.
I was in high school in Detroit when Pius died, so it would've been between 1955-1959.
Ok, thanks to everyone that responded...as a Catholic, I've never read "Di Vinci Code," and don't normally make a point to read anti-Catholic literature. Still, "Angels & Demons" to my knowledge, is fairly accurate about its representation of papal elections. I wasn't endorsing its counterpart, "Di Vinci Code," nor do I present that as a case for any other consideration.
Rome's Next Choice? [TIME: "Arch-Conservative" Ratzinger is top Papabile]
Lent in the Vatican: The Pope, the Curia, and the Conclave ( Who's On First )
POPE: 117 CARDINALS ON STANDBY FOR CONCLAVE
Papal Transition (what happens between one pope and the next)
Vatican Bracing for Papal Succession
When Sad Day Comes, Eyes of World Will Be on Papal Selection [How next Pope will be chosen]
Mahony Flies To Rome For Solemnities, Conclave (Cardinal from Los Angeles to Visit Vatican)
I have a friend who arrived in Rome yesterday for a long-planned art tour. I can only imagine what chaos her group must be facing.
October of 1958.
There aren't more than a handful of Cardinals younger than 65. Paul VI appointed younger men, but John Paul II doesn't seem to have followed that trend.
"A successful vote has black smoke..."
That would be in Pinellas County, non?
(Sorry, I'm still catching up from Fri.)
So what's your point?
ED Hill this morning: "What will we do if the Pope goes into a coma?" (she's a death merchant, big time.)
LOL -- Excellent! (Haven't had nearly enough laughs this week . . .)
To:paleon patriarch
Are you a student of Fr. Reggie Foster?
Are you a student of Fr. Reggie Foster?
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