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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Most 'third-world' Cardinals are far more conservative than European Cardinals."
This was mentioned during a discussion about the Papacy on NOW with Alex Wagner.
Although I would like to see a minority Pope, I certainly don't want an ultra-rightist Pope.
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"Most 'third-world' Cardinals are far more conservative than European Cardinals." (Original Post)
onehandle
Feb 2013
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Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)1. How about a St. Louis Cardinal?
Sorry, I just couldn't resist.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)4. Or Arizona Cardinals?
Or Louisville Cardinals?
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)2. Yes, I gather that is particularly so
in African. There were once quite leftist archbishops in Latin America, but I don't know the current situation. My suspicion is that they have been replaced with conservatives over the past two papacies, as has been the case in the US.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)3. The Episcopal church has something of the same problem. Nt