Maybe THIS time!.......
Posted on 02/13/2013 10:49:33 AM PST by haffast
Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana , 64
Cardinal Angelo Scola, 70
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, 69
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, 69
Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, currently archbishop of Sao Paolo, 62
Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, 65
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri
Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, 69
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, archbishop of Manila in the Philippines. At 55
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, 67
I’m hoping Obama, he already has the God complex.
Maybe THIS time!.......
He'd have to resign the Presidency, I think.
These stories are worthless. No one runs for pope, and none of us are privy to the thoughts of Cardinals. This is not the world of politics (thank God!)
If I had to bet I would bet on Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer of Brasil for the following reasons:
1. Emerging importance of Brazil.
2. Latin American
3. Age of Odilo Scherer (62) - the average age of a pope at death is 74 with an average of 10 years of service.
the only con would be the name Pedro.
And the winner is: Petrus Romanus.
There is politics - in the sense of ambition and control and the Papal State - just as there is human nature; but, the office is not primarily political, but a spiritual leader. Whatever the pope does is best grounded in a deep Christian spirituality as Pope Benedict demonstrated. He also demonstrated Christian humility.
So. whoever “runs for pope” is not likely the one who will be pope.
Roman proverb: “Whoever goes in pope, comes out cardinal.”
If history repeats, whoever is selected, the conspiracy whacks will find a way to make Peter the Roman out of it. (Cf.: Nostradamus)
Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana....
...gotta have a pope of color...tired of old white guys..
The so-called "Prophecies of St. Malachy" were never written by St. Malachy and are a forgery.
An embarrassingly bad forgery, at that.
However, a conclave is very different from a normal election.
There are only 118 voters.
Every voter is also theoretically a candidate.
Many of them know many of the others very well.
Anyone who declares himself a candidate is pretty much guaranteed to lose.
For most of the voters, the chance of ever voting again is remote, and the chance of being a candidate again is likewise remote.
Much of the gamesmanship of regular elections does not apply.
Yeah, that and coming from Romanus Brazil should certainly disqualify him.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, archbishop of Manila in the Philippines, 55
What odds do the bookies have Tagle?
Az da pick of the Calf teria faction
C'mon Cardinals... Step outside the box and be brave.. pick the Irishman, and do it on 17 March, St. Paddy's Day!
You can check also, but I found that a native of Romana is Romanese, not Roman.
glad i’m not the only one...the title claims “12 names to watch”...i counted 10 names...your list has ten names...where are the other two?? or does Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga count as two people since he has four names???
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