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Eggy Lippmann
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04-19-2005 09:46
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Ricky Zamboni
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04-19-2005 10:07
From: Eggy Lippmann WTF? Ratzinger?? I'd *love* to know by what margin he was elected, and who the other frontrunners were. I'd say this doesn't bode well for a more progressive Catholic church. I wonder if this will exascerbate the dissent that has been brewing among the South American/African clergy... |
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04-19-2005 10:10
Minimum 2/3 majority I believe.
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Tito Gomez
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04-19-2005 10:23
Ratzinger was the huge favorite with all the bookmakers during the week, which in itself made him a longshot. Only two heavy favorites have won in the past.
He was the chief ideological advisor to JP2 and holds a lot of political power in the Vatican, so it is really not surprising that he won. Catholics cannot expect many changes. At 78 I don't think he is going to be changing his opinion on many issues.
Oh well, no matter who is Pope, I will continue to be a sinner in the eyes of the church.
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a lost user
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04-19-2005 10:25
So will everyone else, Christians or not Tito.
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Ricky Zamboni
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04-19-2005 10:37
From: Billy Grace Minimum 2/3 majority I believe. Yeah. It's majority of 2/3+1, but what I'm really curious about was how many "*grumble* *grumble* Ratzinger *grumble*" votes there were. |
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04-19-2005 10:40
Only the new Pope will be privy to that information. I believe I heard it on the news that the votes are tallied and burned. Then the results are sealed forever to everyone except the Pope.
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