US will have unprecedented voice in electing new pope

[garn9173]

Interesting.

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When the next Papal Conclave meets behind closed doors to replace the retiring Pope Benedict XVI, the United States will have an unprecedented voice in the process.

Eleven cardinal electors, almost 10 percent of the conclave, will be Americans – the largest share the country has ever had, even though it has historically had a large Catholic population.

The retiring pope gets credit for the greater influence of the U.S.

Last year, he named three new American cardinals, increasing the U.S. total to 19. Only 11 will be electors because in order to vote in the papal election, the cardinals must be under 80 when the pope being replaced dies or leaves his seat.

With 11 votes, the U.S. is now the second-largest bloc, behind only Italy, which has 28 electors, according to the Holy See press office at the Vatican.

 

[Wolseley]

Just as long as they don’t elect somebody like Cardinal Mahony.

If he got to be Pope, he’d probably order St. Peter’s to be dynamited and replaced with another godawful eyesore that looks like the concrete holding tank in a wastewater-treatment facility, such as that yellow monstrosity he had built in Los Angeles.

 

[LittleHannah]

Just as long as they don’t elect somebody like Cardinal Mahony.

If he got to be Pope, he’d probably order St. Peter’s to be dynamited and replaced with another godawful eyesore that looks like the concrete holding tank in a wastewater-treatment facility, such as that yellow monstrosity he had built in Los Angeles.

I would suggest praying for Cardinal Mahony. He needs us. We have the duty to pray for our Clergy.