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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 08:21 PM
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The next Pope?: the first Black Pope!
Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria is being touted for the job(?is being the Pope a job?). Now that would be progressive! My poor racist mother is gonna shit rusty tacks......
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 08:24 PM
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1. Unfortunately
the African cardinals are more conservative than JP II.
Of course, they could surprise us.
I wish we would get a new John XXIII!
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 08:25 PM
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2. Well, the African-American cardinals are very conservative,
generally. I don't know about Cardinal Arinze of Nigeria, but the word is the most of these guys are allies of Cardinal Ratzinger (Opus Dei) and are more conservative than our present Pope.

Sorry, but the Church south of the Equator is very, very conservative. That's true in South America, Africa, etc.
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 08:32 PM
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3. I dont know either
but the article i read said that he suggests that Christianity could learn from other religions, and he would advocate greater tolerance and discussion within the Catholic Church. sounds good to me, but again I dont know of these holy things
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 08:32 PM
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4. They've had to be
VERY conservative to get ahead in the church.

Once in the papal chair tho...ya never know what will happen.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 08:47 PM
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5. Most likely we will get a clone of this Pope
he has had a long time to pack the College of Cardinals with his allies.
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 09:56 PM
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6. And what you say is a fact. He (the present pope) made sure that
all the ones that are going to be elegible are ULTRA CONSERVATIVES. Too bad for the church.
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