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Thoughts on who the next pope might be
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| Subey |
| I'm betting a Canadian will get it! |
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| zig |
| I think a women would be good for a change........:D |
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| verndogs |
Considering that the race for the next pope is wide open, I'm playing it safe and voted on other
Your guess is as good as mine :conf: |
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| St_Andrew |
I have no idea actually!
Missed that option =/ |
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| ProDiGaL |
| Im thinking the italian |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| There's a saying that goes, "he who enters a pope leaves a cardinal". It's impossible to predict really, since the Cardinals are always so mum about it. And since the media has been around, they've proved quite inept at predicting who will be chosen. |
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| George Smiley |
No idea who the next Pope should be but I think us Proddies should go to war with em and give everyone the right to go to Heaven no matter how many sins you committ!!!
:D |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
There's a saying that goes, "he who enters a pope leaves a cardinal". It's impossible to predict really, since the Cardinals are always so mum about it. And since the media has been around, they've proved quite inept at predicting who will be chosen. |
There's also a saying that goes something like..."he who enters the boy becomes a cardinal"
:D |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by zig
I think a women would be good for a change........:D |
Theoretically it is possible... the only requirement to be pope is that you are catholic.... you don't even need to be Roman Catholic. That being said, the chances of 117 old clergymen chosing someone other than one of their own to lead them are nearly non-existant. |
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| zig |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Theoretically it is possible... the only requirement to be pope is that you are catholic.... you don't even need to be Roman Catholic. That being said, the chances of 117 old clergymen chosing someone other than one of their own to lead them are nearly non-existant. |
Theoretically it isnt possible according to canon law to elect a women pope.........
It lists three classes that would be immeaditaly null and void if elected,and these are.......
1.A heretic
2.A schismatic(a member of a faction or seceded branch of a church)
3.A female
Although it is possible for a layman and even a married man to be elected pope,the pope used to have to be a cardinal up to the 12th century,before he could be elected......but nowadays the pope is elected by cardinals,he doesnt have to be nescessarily a cardinal to be elected pope.....
There is a legend in the catholic church of a women pope,pope joan,but this appears to be only a legend as their is no historical evidence to back this up.......but this legend was used by George Smileys mates the Prods:tongue2 to thwart catholics throughout the middle ages.......... |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by zig
Theoretically it isnt possible according to canon law to elect a women pope.........
It lists three classes that would be immeaditaly null and void if elected,and these are.......
1.A heretic
2.A schismatic(a member of a faction or seceded branch of a church)
3.A female
Although it is possible for a layman and even a married man to be elected pope,the pope used to have to be a cardinal up to the 12th century,before he could be elected......but nowadays the pope is elected by cardinals,he doesnt have to be nescessarily a cardinal to be elected pope.....
There is a legend in the catholic church of a women pope,pope joan,but this appears to be only a legend as their is no historical evidence to back this up.......but this legend was used by George Smileys mates the Prods:tongue2 to thwart catholics throughout the middle ages.......... |
Hey I just spent the weekend in Liverpool with my Catholic mates from the better half of Ireland! :p ;)
(Which is where I actually got the word Prod from!) |
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