interesting story

[brierpatch1974]

news.yahoo.com/monsignors-mutiny-revealed-vatican-leaks-140524856.html

I sometimes wonder how much news is either blown out of proportion or merely covered up and ignored. But I do have to wonder why age seems to always be one factor in electing a Pope.

No offense to the elderly who I respect and cherish but lets be honest. Most of the time their mind is already gone or starting to slip and they do not make the best leaders. I am not saying elect a young person to office but there needs to be a point were people are just to old and frail to do the job very well.

 

[TimothyH]

The article certainly paints a bleak picture of the state of health of the Vatican…

***Machiavellian maneuvering

…sinister power struggle…

…almost daily embarrassments…

…a deeper crisis of authority and relevance …

…a web of corruption and cronyism,…

…new suspicions about its bank…

…exclusive men’s club…

…heavy-handed administrator and power-broker…

…a “yes man” with no diplomatic experience or linguistic skills…

…a renegade bishop re-admitted to the Church in 2009 was a well-known Holocaust denier.

…the pope, at 84 and increasingly showing the signs of his age***

Coronel Sanders didn’t own a chicken store until he was 64 years old.

It’s a montage of anonymous sources and wikileaks. Reuters has a long history of these kind of hit peices. Forget about it.

-Tim-

 

[jschutzm]

news.yahoo.com/monsignors-mutiny-revealed-vatican-leaks-140524856.html

I sometimes wonder how much news is either blown out of proportion or merely covered up and ignored. But I do have to wonder why age seems to always be one factor in electing a Pope.

No offense to the elderly who I respect and cherish but lets be honest. Most of the time their mind is already gone or starting to slip and they do not make the best leaders. I am not saying elect a young person to office but there needs to be a point were people are just to old and frail to do the job very well.

As I read it… I kept waiting for the ‘details’ the ‘meat and potatos’ and the true “scandal” of it all.

Never really amounted to much but “people are complaining” “people don’t like his style” “people feel that there is nepotism and favoritism”

YEAH… what else is NEW. People are people.

According to this article… my own workplace and everywhere I’ve worked previously, is apparently corrupt, and mutiny is afoot.

The article tries REAL HARD to stir up controversy and Dan Brown-esque conspiracy theories.

But really fails to hit on anything substantial.

I mean… they try to hint at something corrupt at the bank by saying that it is seeking certification and if it doesn’t then Bertone (according to them) will be embarrassed.

Oooooo… the SCANDAL of it all. I’m shivering in my boots.

 

[GEddie]

By the time a man has racked up the international achievement in the Church to be considered for the Papacy, usually he is old, it’s just the way human life and the Church function.

But there is a reason why societies such as the US federal government have age floors for many of their high offices. Sure, age loses some mental and physical stamina, but it also gains wisdom; and the young have pitfalls of their own.

ICXC NIKA

 

[svid2]

news.yahoo.com/monsignors-mutiny-revealed-vatican-leaks-140524856.html

I sometimes wonder how much news is either blown out of proportion or merely covered up and ignored. But I do have to wonder why age seems to always be one factor in electing a Pope.

No offense to the elderly who I respect and cherish but lets be honest. Most of the time their mind is already gone or starting to slip and they do not make the best leaders. I am not saying elect a young person to office but there needs to be a point were people are just to old and frail to do the job very well.

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

Sometimes the Cardinals have elected an elderly Pope because they figured they’d get their shot in a few years.

 

[promethius]

The article certainly paints a bleak picture of the state of health of the Vatican…
Machiavellian maneuvering

…sinister power struggle…

…almost daily embarrassments…

…a deeper crisis of authority and relevance …

…a web of corruption and cronyism,…

…new suspicions about its bank…

***…exclusive men’s club… ***

***…heavy-handed administrator and power-broker… ***

***…a “yes man” with no diplomatic experience or linguistic skills… ***

…a renegade bishop re-admitted to the Church in 2009 was a well-known Holocaust denier.

…the pope, at 84 and increasingly showing the signs of his age
Coronel Sanders didn’t own a chicken store until he was 64 years old.

It’s a montage of anonymous sources and wikileaks. Reuters has a long history of these kind of hit peices. Forget about it.

-Tim-

I agree. This is just one big “author hates catholicism” story. If a writer doesn’t even know that the college of cardinals CAN elect a non-cardinal to the papacy, then he shouldn’t be writing about the church!

 

[Mintaka]

There is an age limit for cardinals to act as electors, just like there’s an age when bishops must submit their resignations to the pope.

(Although they aren’t able to resign without the pope’s permission, and healthy men who are doing a good job are usually called upon to keep serving for several more years.)

Also, you have to remember that the Church is not run on the principles of a human institution. If you’ve lived a good life and have continued to get closer to God all your life, then getting close to death means you’re finally ready to graduate from the school of human life.

The most competent Catholics, the ones who really understand God’s will, are likely to be the oldest, sickest, or most disabled people. Which is why early Christians always used to hurry to ask the advice and prayers of those about to be martyred, and why religious houses are anxious to have everyone in the house present to witness and help a holy death. Same thing as attending a wedding or a promotion party.