Posted in Benedict XVI, Bishops, Cardinals, Catholicism, College of Cardinals, Episcopal lineage, Next Pope, Papabili, Pope Names, Popes, Religion, conclave, papabile, tagged Benedict XVI, Bishops, Cardinal electors, Cardinals, Catholicism, College of Cardinals, conclave, Episcopal lineage, John Paul II, John XXIII, Next Pope, Ouellet, Papabili, Paul VI, Pius XII, Pope, Pope Names, Popes, Religion, Scherer on February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Concept and ALL the research by Mr. Byron Hoover, Papal Expert from Louisiana.
Earlier this week Byron sent me an e-mail asking whether I realized that Honduran Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, #7 in my 2009 papabili list, had seven popes in his episcopal lineage — and that this was more than what any of the other [...]
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Posted in Benedict XVI, Cardinals, Catholicism, College of Cardinals, Next Pope, Papabili, Pope Names, Popes, Religion, papabile, tagged Benedict XVI, Cardinals, Catholics, College of Cardinals, conclave, John XXIII, Napier, Next Pope, Ouellet, Paddy Power, papabile, Papabili, Pope, Pope Names, Popes, Religion, Scherer, St. Wilfrid on February 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We looked at the names of the first five papabili, viz. Odilo Pedro Scherer (Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil), Ennio Antonelli (President, Council for the Family, Vatican curia), Marc Ouellet (Archbishop of Québec, Canada), Wilfrid Fox Napier (Archbishop of Durban, South Africa), and Angelo Scola (Patriarch of Venice, Italy), in Part I.
So in this posting [...]
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Posted in Cardinals, Catholicism, College of Cardinals, Next Pope, Papabili, Pope Names, Popes, Religion, papabile, tagged Cardinals, Catholicism, Catholics, College of Cardinals, conclave, John XXIII, Napier, Next Pope, Ouellet, papabile, Papabili, peace, Pope, Pope Names, Popes, Religion, Ripon, Scherer, St. Wilfrid on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Given that I am associated with the analysis of Papal names, it would be remiss of me if I did not study the names of my top ten papabili list for 2009 and make some comments on names.
My top ten, in order, as they appear in popes-and-papacy.com are: Odilo Pedro Scherer (Archbishop of São Paulo, [...]
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