Papal candidates - Short List?

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Northumbrian said:
Thanks for the video!

I enjoyed listening to Cardinal Stafford speak. This man has great foresight: it was he who warned of the use of torture in Iraq ten years ago.

It seems that so many who campaign for “freedom from religious” aren’t being entirely honest.

The don’t want to be free from it. They want to rid the world of it.😦

I hope and pray that the next pope will continue the struggle against this rising tide.
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This is the thing that baffles me. Why are atheists (not all of them of course) so militant in wanting to attack what people of faith believe? I’m becoming more and more a believer in the power of evil under the guise of secularism. We’ve seen this rodeo before…Stalin saying the biggest enemy of communism is the Church. Certainly religion has always been the focus of tyrants (hmmmmm what about the HHS mandate?) because they want the power over the people.

The next Pope has a VERY full plate.

Lisa
 
I think we had better wake up to the fact that banal-sounding movement labels such as "Secularism " , and , "New Atheism " atempt to mask and sanitize very hateful , malevolent , and soon to become , violent intentions.

We need to re-define these movements using our own unambiguous terminology , as a way of cautioning the faithful to the dangers inherent in these not-so-new outlets for rage against the sacred.

Carbon monoxide is so deadly precisely because it is difficult to detect. Our next pope must be a man gifted with the foresight and perception to see clear and present danger , as well as being someone possessing the courage to confront it actively. I pray our next pope is prescient enough to recognize the " signs of the times ." We need a clear strategy for self-preservation ( as the people of Christ ).
 
unafraid said:
Our next pope must be a man gifted with the foresight and perception to see clear and present danger , as well as being someone possessing the courage to confront it actively. I pray our next pope is prescient enough to recognize the " signs of the times ." We need a clear strategy for self-preservation ( as the people of Christ ).
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We need someone without even the slightest hint of a taint from the recent scandals within our own Church, someone who will swiftly and ruthlessly put our own house in order, make it clear to us all what is expected of us in terms of morality and ethics, and then aggressively take on the forces of materialistic, hedonistic secularism.

We have a battle on our hands that’s for sure, but we will win, the gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church, but as individuals, many of us will fall. We need a strong, direct and uncompromising leader to see us through the fight that lies ahead.
 
Elizabeth502 said:
…particularly since the Church itself needs huge spiritual repair and clarification, requiring enormous attention on that alone.
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IMHO, the American Church has too much concerned itself with political reforms proposed by the Democratic Party. Paradoxically, where the state involves itself in the lives of the poor, it makes it harder for the Church to continue its ages long mission to those same persons. It sucks up so much of the riches of society that the true rich, when approached by the Church, can say with truth, “I gave at the office."
 
Okay, I thought I’d bump this post and update the list with the articles that have come out in the last few days.

John Allen has been doing a series on the “Papabile of the Day.” I have found it enjoyable just to learn a bit more about some of our cardinals. It makes me feel better knowing there are such good prelates out there. 🙂

Anyway, here is who he has profiled so far. Keep in mind that this is the National Catholic Reporter, so try to avoid looking at the comments section if you have forgotten your blood pressure medication. 😛

  1. Though not part of the series proper, Allen did write a similar type of article on [Cardinal Sean O’Malley (Buzz grows in Rome for Boston's O'Malley | National Catholic Reporter).

    Also, here are some of John Allen’s interviews with various (mostly American) cardinals leading up towards the conclave:
 
Brendan_64 said:
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We need someone without even the slightest hint of a taint from the recent scandals within our own Church, someone who will swiftly and ruthlessly put our own house in order, make it clear to us all what is expected of us in terms of morality and ethics, and then aggressively take on the forces of materialistic, hedonistic secularism.

We have a battle on our hands that’s for sure, but we will win, the gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church, but as individuals, many of us will fall. We need a strong, direct and uncompromising leader to see us through the fight that lies ahead.
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I believe Tagles age would go against him, but would like to see him elected.
He’s non European, Philipines is the 3rd largest Catholic population by country, media savvy, can engage people. He has lots of pastoral experience, leadership as a Bishop, not afraid to speak out on the moral issues of the day, abuse by priests, abortion etc…
Maybe next time round.
 
Pilgrim1701 said:
I believe Tagles age would go against him, but would like to see him elected.
He’s non European, Philipines is the 3rd largest Catholic population by country, media savvy, can engage people. He has lots of pastoral experience, leadership as a Bishop, not afraid to speak out on the moral issues of the day, abuse by priests, abortion etc…
Maybe next time round.
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Who knows? With the position our Church is in a new approach might be just what is needed. A ‘young’ man might do a lot to help shed the image of collusion and cover-up that our Church is dogged with right now. Tagle is untainted by such scandal and could be seen as the perfect man to ‘sweep us clean’. Young, dynamic and with bags of energy. That in itself would be a positive.

I would just love to see the white smoke go up, and then Cardinal Tagle stepping out onto the balcony as Pope.
 
RobbyS said:
IMHO, the American Church has too much concerned itself with political reforms proposed by the Democratic Party. Paradoxically, where the state involves itself in the lives of the poor, it makes it harder for the Church to continue its ages long mission to those same persons. It sucks up so much of the riches of society that the true rich, when approached by the Church, can say with truth, “I gave at the office."
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Actually it’s a very sad trend that when people pay taxes they think they’ve discharged their obligation to help the poor. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said that the state cannot dispense charity which is based on love. But as the state takes over, or as the state restricts the Church from its mission by forcing either a compromise of doctrine (adoptions to homosexuals, abortions to women caught in sex trafficking) or withdrawing from that mission, it becomes a viscious circle. The Pope has to lead the faithful to engage with our neighbors rather than simply assuaging our guilt by paying Caesar.

Lisa
 
Santi2 said:
On the last two…:eek:
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The German Cardinal would seem to be doing nothing more than what, say, the U.S. Bishops have done, which IIRC was approved by Rome. Of course, secularists being as they are, I don’t envy His Eminence when his words are twisted.
 
RobbyS said:
IMHO, the American Church has too much concerned itself with political reforms proposed by the Democratic Party. Paradoxically, where the state involves itself in the lives of the poor, it makes it harder for the Church to continue its ages long mission to those same persons. It sucks up so much of the riches of society that the true rich, when approached by the Church, can say with truth, “I gave at the office."
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Ah, but there is a place for the State in the lives of the poor. It cannot be too much, but we must not prescribe too little.
 
We should bear in mind that it is noot our position to judge those who are and who are not papabile.

With rare and I mean rare exception, Cardinals are men of quality that we should hold in high regard.
 
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