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I was thinking of saying something but since I'm not catholic ^_^; yay for the new pope I guess. They picked him to make sure he wouldn't reign as long as john paul.....I mean they even say that...... JEEZ
Apparently he's a cardinal from Germany, and he was chose just about an hour or two ago...
here's the story from yahoo:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._on_re_eu/pope
I haven't read the story myself which I will do now
Comments??
'Cause you give me something / That makes me scared, alright / This could be nothing / But I'm willing to give it a try / Please give me something
'Cause someday I might call you from my heart
I was thinking of saying something but since I'm not catholic ^_^; yay for the new pope I guess. They picked him to make sure he wouldn't reign as long as john paul.....I mean they even say that...... JEEZ
Clan orders: Wear the signature of defeat with pride.
Benedictus the 16th we salute you!
Well not really because I'm not Catholic but anyway.
Ratzinger is expected to just continue the path JP II was taking.
Very conservative and even less open to other religions.
They also needed only 5 voting rounds this time, on of the fastest elections of our modern times...
Last edited by Hassun; Apr 19, 2005 at 01:08 PM.
How old was John Paul II when they chose him?? isn't this guy even older?? hmmm we'll see what he does
'Cause you give me something / That makes me scared, alright / This could be nothing / But I'm willing to give it a try / Please give me something
'Cause someday I might call you from my heart
Just 58 (very young), but he ruled alot longer than most (25 years).Originally Posted by pyoro-pyoro
The maximum age for a pope to be when he gets elected in 80 and Ratzinger is 78.
They didn't even want a long ruling pope this time so the younger ones had no chance of being chosen anyway.
He seem like an ok guy. I wonder why he was chosen?
and we know for a fact that with those scandals from america that none of the cardinals (one or more? i donno how this works) from american would be chosen
'Cause you give me something / That makes me scared, alright / This could be nothing / But I'm willing to give it a try / Please give me something
'Cause someday I might call you from my heart
From a German news source
Joseph Ratzinger Is Selected to Lead Catholic Church
The next year should be interesting.
Personally I find it interesting that they choose someone so closely associated with Pope John Paul II, it could show a real commitment to his causes.
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