Re: A great Man Died Today - John Paul II
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Mon Apr 4 15:37:27 2005
Perhaps the middle east ...
art
At Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Gerald P. Rodríguez wrote:
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>Ratzinger is, from what I've read, an arch-conservative on issues of church doctrine and has no record of being concerned with issues such as poverty, etc.
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>I'll guess that the next pope will come from Latin America.
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>Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>Santa Fe
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> In a message dated 4/4/05 8:20:50 AM, Darryl.elrod@LAKENHEATH.AF.MIL writes:
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> Interestingly, I heard one commentator speculate that the church will by choice pick someone that is much older and not likely to have such a long tenure. It seems that he truly was a hard act to follow.
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> I saw it termed a "transitional" pope, and the candidates were almost all in their 70s.
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> Since my greatgrandfather was Slovakian, I always kinda identified with the Polish Pope. But my greatgrandfather (and no, his name wasn't Joe Slovak) married a Bavarian. So I'm hoping for Cardinal Ratzinger, whom the writers call "The Panzer Cardinal." Sounds cool. And he's 77, I think, so he'd fit the "transitional" moniker. Give him 10 years or so, and someone young and dynamic could rise again, although that's not quite the correct portrayal of how JP II did it - he was an unknown dark horse type who came out of nowhere.
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> But, then, since the next Pope is actually picked by the Holy Spirit, WHO can predict the outcome anyway? Certainly not us.
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> Joe P.
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> P.S. And Cardinal Ratzinger is the Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. I understand that office used to be called ... drumroll ... The Inquisition. So American Catholics might better get their act together if HE makes it into the office. LOL
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art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
Lawrence Peter Berra
