Eastern Churches and the title of Cardinal?

[jimkhong]

I posted ^^ this right before turning my computer off for the night … then it occured to me that the issue might be the fact that I said “Just so.” and not “Just so!”

Its OK, I posted mine after waking up. The wonders of a global conversation.

 

[RaphaelJ]

It seems strange though that Eastern patriarchs can actually become pope. It was always the norm for Western bishops to be elected to the papacy because the Pope is also the de facto Patriarch of the Roman Church.

 

[Vico]

It seems strange though that Eastern patriarchs can actually become pope. It was always the norm for Western bishops to be elected to the papacy because the Pope is also the de facto Patriarch of the Roman Church.

In 1958, Armenian Catholic Cardinal Agagianian (Cardinal since 1946) almost reached the majority of votes needed for election to Pope.

 

[jimkhong]

It seems strange though that Eastern patriarchs can actually become pope. It was always the norm for Western bishops to be elected to the papacy because the Pope is also the de facto Patriarch of the Roman Church.

You know that the title ‘Patriarch of the West’ have been quietly dropped from the Pope’s long list of titles?

 

[Peter_J]

You know that the title ‘Patriarch of the West’ have been quietly dropped from the Pope’s long list of titles?

Just so )). It was in the ‘Annuario Pontificio’ from 1863 till 2006.

It had a pretty good run, I guess, 143 years.

 

[Vico]

You know that the title ‘Patriarch of the West’ have been quietly dropped from the Pope’s long list of titles?

Not exactly quietly, since the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity issued a communique on it, saying:
“The title ‘Patriarch of the West,’ never very clear, over history has become obsolete and practically unusable. It seems pointless, then, to insist on maintaining it. Even more so now that the Catholic Church, with Vatican Council II, has found, in the form of episcopal conferences and their international meetings, the canonical structure best suited to the needs of the Latin Church today.”

 

[Peter_J]

It seems strange though that Eastern patriarchs can actually become pope.

Perhaps so. In any case, it isn’t something that I would push for.