So, you wanna be Pope, huh? First, you have to be a priest. Duh, I know, but if I left it out, people would write in and tell me. It helps, these days, to get a good education in the meantime, and it doesn't hurt if that education is somew...
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Popes question: How can people become the pope? The papacy is a jurisdictional office that grants the elected bishop the ability to govern the universal Church. As such, any male can technically be elected ... Thus, these days, to become pope would involve being ordained a priest, then a bishop, then appointed a cardinal...
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Popes question: When did Pope Benedict become Pope? Pope Benedict the 16th became Pope on April 19th, 2005. ... What is Pope benedicts role? When was the new pope elected? How did pope benidct become pope? Why did pope bendict become pope? When did pope Benadict became pope? DID pope benedict go to univercity?
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As the media face for millions of Catholics, the next pope will need a good public presence. ... Second, the next pope must speak a number of languages. English, which has become the world language, is a must, as is Italian, since the pope is also the bishop of Rome. ... What it takes to become pope...
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Unless they desire to become pope themselves, there is no higher post for them to covet and so no great need for them to curry favor with someone else. ... Thus, the fact that someone was made cardinal by the previous pope is no guarantee of him giving a glowing evaluation of that pope’s work. Much of what is said in...
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Pope John Paul II (Polish: , Latin: , Italian: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (   ; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican ...
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Pope Icky Fundament, PZK has once again found himself with idle hands, and has dutifully rendered them unto the Devil (the Trickster or Accuser [Eris, often], not Greyface -- try to keep up and fill in the context yerself where needed;
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For the first time in 26 years the pope did not celebrate Ash Wednesday mass, yet again ratcheting up speculation concerning who ... Possibly as a way of pleasing his supporters and calming his foes, Ratzinger himself has said if he were to become pontiff, he would be prepared "to give up the job after a few years.";
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"growing up to become a Pope is a lot of fun"; April 18, 2005 2:32 PM Subscribe ... But all that is merely an excuse to link to today's most appropriate poem, James Tate's How the Pope is Chosen. Here's a brief excerpt: After a poodle dies all the cardinals flock to the nearest 7-Eleven. They drink Slurpies until one...
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