The next pope

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Art321 hard to believe you never heard of only one pope left. check out st malachi’s prophecy on popes any ammount of sites on it. irish saint think 1500’s predicted all popes and only peter the great left (although the church has always maintained he never said there wasn’t any between this pope and the next) the way the world is at the minute makes you wonder where we are at.
 
pro_multis said:
Who do you think would be the best man we could have as pope from the perspective of strenghtening the traditionalist movement.

Realistic answers only please (you know what I mean 😃

I have no clue…I just do not follow church politics closely, but would like to read more about some of the priests who could be on deck.
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I really don’t know. I really hope that the next elected Pontiff would do the coronation ceremony. Our current Pope (Benedict XVI) has strong traditional views. I hope his successor will be the same.
 
peary said:
We were all surprised when Karol Wojtyla was elected pope in 1978. Nobody in the western world really knew about him, so it came as a big surprise. But we had a good idea that Joseph Ratzinger would be the next pope because he served John Paul II for such a long time and was his right-hand man. Benedict XVI is close to Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, who serves as Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Last year he was also appointed a member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses. Cardinal Llovera is also known as the “Little Ratzinger” because he is in charge of implementing the directives of the pope with regard to Divine Worship and the Sacraments.

That is why, in this era, and when there is much movement and focus on proper worship and the sacraments, that I think it is logical for Cardinal Llovera to be next in line after Benedict XVI. Then again, we could all be surprised again.
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But what if Benedict lives to be about 97 years old(c. 2024, when Cardinal Llovera, if alive, will be in his late seventies or even eighty)? I think that the next Pope shall be somewhat younger. Benedict XII may prove to be like Leo XIII in certain respects. Maybe the next papal reign will be analogous to Benedict XV’s, followed by one or two Popes with similarity like the last four “Piuses.” In this century, I am sure that we are going to have to have one or more great Pontiffs in order for the Church to survive.
 
Are there any Italians under the age of 70 who would probably be feasible successors?
 
I think it would be healthy for the Church to have some one like Cardinal Seán O’Malley, for the sheer fact that he’s a no-nonsense kind of person who won’t stand for any sort of troublemaking.
 
L_Marshall said:
I think it would be healthy for the Church to have some one like Cardinal Seán O’Malley, for the sheer fact that he’s a no-nonsense kind of person who won’t stand for any sort of troublemaking.
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Yes, and His Eminence seems to be rather likable.
 
Young_Thinker said:
But what if Benedict lives to be about 97 years old(c. 2024, when Cardinal Llovera, if alive, will be in his late seventies or even eighty)? I think that the next Pope shall be somewhat younger. Benedict XII may prove to be like Leo XIII in certain respects. Maybe the next papal reign will be analogous to Benedict XV’s, followed by one or two Popes with similarity like the last four “Piuses.” In this century, I am sure that we are going to have to have one or more great Pontiffs in order for the Church to survive.
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That’s one of the things I often think about. JPII was “only” 84 when he died, and Benedict will turn 83 on Friday. And whereas it was fairly obvious for at least a few years that JPII was slowing down, Benedict still appears to be in great health, especially considering his age and his position.

He is already the 10th oldest person to be Pope (Leo XVIII holds the record, dying at 93 years old in 1903)

What this does for potential papabili is that, lets say Benedict lives for 10 more years, tying the record age. People considered possible future popes now (generally late 60s-70s) will be on the older end of the spectrum (mostly in the 80s). Meanwhile the people that would be considered are now as young as 50s, and probably not well known, especially outside their own area.
 
During the alleged apparitions of Our Lady at Garabandal when Pope John XXIII died, Our Lady told the children:

“There will be only three more popes, and then it will be the end of the times.”
After John XXIII, the successive popes were:

Paul VI
John Paul I
John Paul II

John Paul II was the last pope before a period called “the end of the times.” Benedict XVI is the first pope in the “end of the times.” Nothing spectacular happened between this transition. But we are definitely in a new era.
 
peary as far as i’m aware st malachi is acceptable him being a saint but it is banned to talk about unaproved appariations.
 
saveusfromhell said:
peary as far as i’m aware st malachi is acceptable him being a saint but it is banned to talk about unaproved appariations.
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Then why is Medjugorje seemingly allowed to be discussed on here when it is not an approved apparition? Why is Maria Esperanza allowed to be discussed on here when she is not approved? Why is Pedro Regis allowed to be discussed on here when he is not approved? Do you have an answer as to why other forums allow this and this one does not? And what harm is caused?
 
SenorSalsa said:
That’s one of the things I often think about. JPII was “only” 84 when he died, and Benedict will turn 83 on Friday. And whereas it was fairly obvious for at least a few years that JPII was slowing down, Benedict still appears to be in great health, especially considering his age and his position.

He is already the 10th oldest person to be Pope (Leo XVIII holds the record, dying at 93 years old in 1903)

What this does for potential papabili is that, lets say Benedict lives for 10 more years, tying the record age. People considered possible future popes now (generally late 60s-70s) will be on the older end of the spectrum (mostly in the 80s). Meanwhile the people that would be considered are now as young as 50s, and probably not well known, especially outside their own area.
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I agree. That being said, unless Benedict XVI lives to be almost 100, Cardinal Llovera will still be very papibile.
 
As Archbishop Burke, I see some similarity between him and Cardinal Spellman(other than the latter’s alleged homoeroticism).
 
Young_Thinker said:
As Archbishop Burke, I see some similarity between him and Cardinal Spellman(other than the latter’s alleged homoeroticism).
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I hope that the last part did not sound “tacky.” I have a lot of respect for the great Cardinal.
 
it doesn’t matter what we think

its the Holy Spirit who will inspire the Cardinals to elect the Pope that Christ has chosen to lead His Church 👍
 
saveusfromhell said:
peary as far as i’m aware st malachi is acceptable him being a saint but it is banned to talk about unaproved appariations.
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The prophecies attributed to St. Malachy are, in fact, a late 16th‑century forgery and fraud.
 
Peary i don’t mind if st malachis prophecies or true or false, but they are not unaproved appariations which IS forbidden by this web site. if they are false they are just made up, no apparition is involved. also you are exagerating they have not been either been verified or condemed by the church.
I have no wish to discuss any apparition labelled false by the church.
 
saveusfromhell said:
Peary i don’t mind if st malachis prophecies or true or false, but they are not unaproved appariations which IS forbidden by this web site. if they are false they are just made up, no apparition is involved. also you are exagerating they have not been either been verified or condemed by the church.
I have no wish to discuss any apparition labelled false by the church.
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Simply stated, then don’t. And you are not required to respond to any postings that do.
 
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