The Next Pope

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I told God that Pope Benedict can’t die right now, because he has too many irons in the fire. He has to finish up with the SSPX, the translation of the new missal, the Irish crisis, his work with the Muslims, the second volume of his book on Jesus (which I want to read), and his work with the environmentalists. I have his agenda and calendar all planned out for him. 😃

I have no idea what his secretary has planned for him, but I have plans of my own that I asked God to keep in mind before calling him home.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF :christmastree1:
 
Personally, I want BXVI to live really long, he’s like the scholarly grandfather I never saw 😛

On a side note though, I can’t imagine the uproar of those who Apocalypse theorist, if either Peter Card. Erdo of Hungary, or Peter Card. Turkson of Ghana were elected. Like Russian Roulette, both fit the Petrus Romanus idea (Hungarians have some Roman blood if I’m not wrong and Card Turkson is currently appointed in Rome). The media is going to have a field day spinning stories. Let’s not try to better Christ, since he tells us not to worry about the day, since only the Father knows.

Let’s just pray that as the Cardinals responded to the Holy Spirit’s prompting with the election of the last few popes and the current Pope, when in His time a conclave is called again, the Cardinals will once again listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. And as they chose the new shepherd, all of us obey his guidance.

Zach Isaiah
 
Student09 said:
Are you hoping Pope Benedict XVI dies in the next 2 years? :confused:
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Of course not! I LOVE Pope Benedict XVI and I thank God every day for Summorum Pontificum and the new translation of the Missal, that will hopefully be out soon. I really hope Pope Benedict XVI lives a very long life, however, he will die sometime, and, God forbid, when that does happen, I am a little curious if anyone had any wonderings or preferences on who the next Pope will be. This is totally hypothetical, and I thought it would be an interesting discussion, but I guess not.
 
JReducation said:
I told God that Pope Benedict can’t die right now, because he has too many irons in the fire. He has to finish up with the SSPX, the translation of the new missal, the Irish crisis, his work with the Muslims, the second volume of his book on Jesus (which I want to read), and his work with the environmentalists. I have his agenda and calendar all planned out for him. 😃

I have no idea what his secretary has planned for him, but I have plans of my own that I asked God to keep in mind before calling him home.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF :christmastree1:
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maybe he should get another secretary.😛
 
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with speculating which cardinals are in the running, or who you’d like to see succeed Pope Benedict. That kind of speculation has been going on for probably as long as the Church has been around. He will pass on eventually, hopefully not for another 20 years, but it’s good to be informed and know who the main players are. Personally, I think it would be fantastic if, when the time comes, Archbishop Raymond Burke gets elected.
I think it’s pretty likely that, if His Holiness passed on tomorrow, the cardinals would elect someone on the liberal to moderate side, after all the “conservative” moves Pope Benedict has made during his papacy. There’s so much unfinished business right now that if he passed on soon it would be very bad for the reform of the reform movement. However, if he sticks around for five or ten more years, I think we’ll start seeing a lot more good fruit coming from Benedict’s papacy, and the cardinals will be more likely to elect someone in the Benedict mould again.
 
Rv_Cain_Spencer said:
I don’t really have an opinion here. I’m sure the Holy Spirit will guide the right man to the position of St. Peters office.
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PadraigPearce said:
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with speculating which cardinals are in the running, or who you’d like to see succeed Pope Benedict. That kind of speculation has been going on for probably as long as the Church has been around. He will pass on eventually, hopefully not for another 20 years, but it’s good to be informed and know who the main players are. Personally, I think it would be fantastic if, when the time comes, Archbishop Raymond Burke gets elected.
I think it’s pretty likely that, if His Holiness passed on tomorrow, the cardinals would elect someone on the liberal to moderate side, after all the “conservative” moves Pope Benedict has made during his papacy. There’s so much unfinished business right now that if he passed on soon it would be very bad for the reform of the reform movement. However, if he sticks around for five or ten more years, I think we’ll start seeing a lot more good fruit coming from Benedict’s papacy, and the cardinals will be more likely to elect someone in the Benedict mould again.
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I truly believe that there is no wrong in having your favorites, but it is a good sign if you are not, let’s say, “concerned” about who runs as Pope.
 
Rv_Cain_Spencer said:
I truly believe that there is no wrong in having your favorites, but it is a good sign if you are not, let’s say, “concerned” about who runs as Pope.
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Bah. Whoever the next Pope is, though, he should take the name “Felix VI”. Felix just sounds like a real pope’s name :rolleyes:
 
GeorgeSword,

What is a closet Catholic? Is that to hide your faith from those around you?
 
In the last conclave, Patriarch Lubomir Cardinal Husar of the Ukrainian Catholic Church was among the papabile.

Wouldn’t it be interesting to have an Eastern Catholic elected to the papacy?
 
First of all, I wish to say that I pray that Pope Benedict XVI lives many long and healthy years. Second, I wish to say that I don’t care who the next pope is. God will guide the Church in picking the right man for the job and I trust in God with all my heart. 🙂
 
bpbasilphx said:
Wouldn’t it be interesting to have an Eastern Catholic elected to the papacy?
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Hm, I was pretty sure there has been… but don’t quote me.

I had a conversation with a friend about the next Pope, and he asked whether I thought the “first African Pope” might be elected; I responded no, there have already been three 😉
 
judechild said:
Hm, I was pretty sure there has been… but don’t quote me.

I had a conversation with a friend about the next Pope, and he asked whether I thought the “first African Pope” might be elected; I responded no, there have already been three 😉
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Hahaha that’s hilarious. Now, I wonder if there will ever be an American Pope? 🤷
 
Nowhere_Man said:
Hahaha that’s hilarious. Now, I wonder if there will ever be an American Pope? 🤷
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There are few American names whom the Cardinals like very much and who hold positions of responsibility not only at home, but also at the Vatican. It’s just that we don’t always know about it, because most of us are not into Vatican affairs.

I’m thinking of Burke, O’Malley, George. These guys all hold important posts in the Vatican as well as at home. The three of them serve on different Sacred Congregations and have also served in special assignments for the Holy Father, besides their current posts.

If the Holy Father’s health holds out, we should look ahead and see what happens with Chaput and Dolan. They are young, healthy, very involved in Church affairs and very intelligent. They have a good chance of becoming cardinals.

There are also several Eastern rite cardinals that are now becoming well known at the Vatican.

FYI, for the person who asked, most of the early Popes were Easterners, beginning with Peter. There were some Eastern Rite popes. The reason that we don’t hear about them is because it was not until the end of the first millenium that we began to refer to the East as Eastern Rite. Prior to that we simply called all them Churches. This pope came from this Church and that one from the other Church and so forth. I’m trying to remember the names. I shoud look them up. But there have been popes from Alexandria and from what is now Lebanon.

I’ll look them up. I can’t recall the names. Now it’s going to bug me and I’ll not sleep. OCD kicks in. LOL

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂

Be back soon with those names.
 
I found them. Unfortunately, my Lebonese candidate was a Roman Catholic. These other popes were not Roman Catholics. They came from other Catholic Churches. Obviously, they had to become Roman Catholics, because they have to assume the See of Rome, not just the papacy. That’s why we don’t refer to them by their Church of origin. I just found that in my handy dandy Church history book from seminary days.

Anacletus – Greece
Evaristus – Bethlehem
Telesphorus – Greece
Hyginus – Greece
Anicetus – Syria
Anterus – Greece
Sixtus II – Greece
Dionysius – Greece
Honorius I – Byzantium
John IV – Croatia
Theodore I – Jerusalem
Martin I – Byzantium
Vitalian – Byzantium

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
Just an observation here, but I think it’s important to remember that the pope is elected not by the Holy Spirit but by men with free will (who may be guided by the Holy Spirit). I mean, think of the handful of bad popes the Church has had throughout the centuries–I wouldn’t pin those on God.

That being said, I love Pope Benedict so I don’t want to think about anyone else. :cool:
 
ljubim said:
Praying that Pope Benedict lives for many more healthy years! What a great guy
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Genesis 6:3 And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a** hundred and twenty years.**

This would make him the longest serving pope in history. Great!
 
Nowhere_Man said:
Thanks for all the Information Brother JR 👍
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You’re welcome. Once I remembered that we have had popes from other Churches, but could not recall their names, my “OCD” kicked in. I had to go look it up. Am I the only person who has those moments? :confused:

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
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