04-20-2005, 10:04 PM
Quark,Apr 20 2005, 09:40 PM Wrote:In an article I read talking about possible selections for Pope, one guy was 68 and everyone else was 72 or older. The guy who was 68 was listed as a far-chance because people considered him "too young".Hi,
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All candidates that were mentioned before as having good chances were between 68 and 79. While it may hold true that for a papacy, the chosen one should bring the wisdom of the years, I think in this case it has more to do with the long papacy of Jean Paul II. I don't recall how many years it were - 26? I read that it's quite possible that the cardinals would want a pope now that won't be 'in office' for a quarter of a century, and that many of them would prefer a new papacy of around a decade. Mayhaps that sheds some light into their decision, apart from the fact that Ratzinger and Woytila seemed to agree in many points, and that the new pope was a close ally of the old one.
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