It will be this Person's decision that matters in the end.
Posted on 02/12/2013 7:09:24 AM PST by Biggirl
When the next Papal Conclave meets behind closed doors to replace the retiring Pope Benedict XVI, the United States will have an unprecedented voice in the process. Eleven cardinal electors, almost 10 percent of the conclave, will be Americans -- the largest share the country has ever had, even though it has historically had a large Catholic population. The retiring pope gets credit for the greater influence of the U.S.
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Good Grief...When’s the last time we had a “Pope Gone Wild”. I wouldn’t worry too much about it.
It will be an interesting conclave to say the least.
Obama found some dirt on the Vatican and threatened to expose it. In exchange for guarantees of silence, the current pope will resign and the next pope will be the first black pope.
And pray as well they select a strong Pope; not a politically correct one.
Please no conspiracy theory stuff okay. :)
AMEN.
So, they underlying tenet of this is that the USA will be influential in electing the first “black pope?” Gee, we all know how well that worked out here in 2008....
I am rc but god help us if american bishops have much say in this. Waay too many Marxists and pederasty-shielders. Some are awesome but you don’t get to here them much.
As usual there isn’t really a good connection here between headline, story and reality.
Why don’t you post /sarc with posts like this?
It is so untrue.
Like good old pedophile protector Cardinal Mahony!
Retired nun ‘sad’ that Cardinal Mahony will vote on next pope
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/cardinal-mahony-pope-reaction.html
Saves me from having to say it. The Americans are probably the most liberal of all. Although, Marxists are all over the world high in the church. For me, it's always worrysome to change Pope's. Until I see the pick, I worry that this will be the change agent we have dreaded. A little pressure from Kerry, Biden, Pelosi, and Kennedy's, and bada bing bada boom, abortion isn't quite as bad as we thought and sodomizing children is just loving them in a special way. Oh, and how about those new women priests?
Our Emperor will feel like he’s back home in Chicago.
It will be this Person's decision that matters in the end.
He gets the final word in.
Please tell that to the 17 families who rule the world (according to my best pal.)
I’ll guarantee you that US policy will have NO influence other than the rejection of most of US policy from the next Pope.
I personally think the next pope is going to be Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco from Genoa since he is very much like Pope Benedict XVI
Since Latin America has about 43% of the world’s catholics, does that mean they have 43% of the cardinals? (I’m not Roman Catholic, so I don’t know.)
If so, could they team with the 10+% of North Americans (Canada?) to control the selection?
Finally, is there a truly conservative cardinal anywhere in the Americas?
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