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You know, the cardinal think, I don't think it's actually church law ... they made regular catholics pope on at least one or two occasions, I think. When they couldn't make up their mind, they apparently grabbed the nearest passer-by.
What's more, over here, in Germany, it used to be that, if you officially declared that you were leaving the church, you got ex-communicated automatically. But they changed that rule, communion is a holy sacrament, you can't just nullify that by filling out some paperwork! So even if you declare before the whole world that, no, you're not a catholic anymore, the catholic church has a different opinion on the matter. As far as they're concerned, once you're in, you're in, the way I understand the new doctrine.
Which brings me to my favorite candidate:

Word 'round here is that the new pointy hat guy could actually be a Canuck. Cardinal Marc Ouellet.
We shall see.

Metalredneck wrote:Word 'round here is that the new pointy hat guy could actually be a Canuck. Cardinal Marc Ouellet.
We shall see.

It's gonna be that guy who has been on the sidelines, always. That guy that was never involved in any controversy of media spotlight, that guy who's history is blemish free because he never did anything of note. It'll be a guy who no one, until now, considered a potential candidate for the pointy hat. That report that ostensibly convinced Benny to resign was written by a bunch of cardinals who are actually too old to participate in the conclave. They want to get rid of this obnoxious pope who is somehow unable to sweep scandal under the rug, where it belongs. This current pope who, probably, was only ever intended as an interim solution, anyway, but who stubbornly refuses to die. The new pope will be elected with a view to the big pack of scandal that has been presented to benny, it's gotta be a true teflon guy, someone who can, to a certain extend, be presented to "clean up" all that scandal, credibly so. Which will happen behind closed doors. Gotta preserve, if not rebuild, the church's dignity. A press release and official statement will follow in due time, of course. Not. He's gonna be a puppet, on a set of strings, he'll be run by the old guard of the institution, the guys who (probably literally) know where the bodies are buried, who are sick of all the nasty headlines not being handled right. They want a pope of their own, a proper one this time, who'll do what they know is best for the church. As is usually the case when an old, venerated institution gets a change of management in the middle of a crisis or three.

We're talking about catholic bishops. None of them have done anything of note, if you discount pederasty scandals.

The only obvious successor is Jerry Sandusky.

The only obvious successor is Jerry Sandusky.

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Sisyphus wrote:The only obvious successor is Jerry Sandusky.

Bravo, Sys!

Zer0 wrote:

Sisyphus wrote:The only obvious successor is Jerry Sandusky.

Bravo, Sys!

Well played!


If only those bastards from the church would suffer the same or a worse fate (along with all those that knew and didn't say anything and those that participated in the cover ups). Off my soap box now

Seriously--the fact that Cardinal Mahoney is still not barred from the conclave is even more mind-boggling. Amazing.

I'm not catholic, nor a child molester, but I'll take the job if only for the awesome hat.

/RM

Sisyphus wrote:The only obvious successor is Jerry Sandusky.

Obviously.

Sorry, man.
It's hard for me to resist a good joke.