Posted in Benedict XVI, Bishops, Cardinals, Catholicism, College of Cardinals, Next Pope, Papabili, Religion, conclave, tagged Benedict XVI, Cardinal electors, Cardinals, Catholicism, College of Cardinals, conclave, Franciscan, Next Pope, Pope, Religion, suburbicarian, titular on April 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
by Anura Guruge
On July 17, 2009, Cardinal Jean Margéot (Mauritius), a cardinal priest since 1988, died at the age of 93. The last cardinal to die prior to that was the Italian, Franciscan Cardinal Umberto Betti on April 1, 2009, at the age of 87. He had participated in Vatican II. He had been created [...]
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Posted in Benedict XVI, Bishops, Cardinals, Catholicism, College of Cardinals, Next Pope, Papabili, Pope Names, Popes, Religion, conclave, papabile, pope age, tagged 1059 decree, Add new tag, Benedict XVI, Bishop of Rome, Bishops, Cardinals, Catholicism, Catholics, College of Cardinals, John Paul II, John XXIII, n Nomine Domini, Next Pope, Papabili, Peter Erd, Philippe Xavier Barbarin, Pope, pope age, Pope Names, Universi Dominici Gregis on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
by Anura Guruge
This is in response to a recent query.
The minimum age to be pope is probably 25, that being the minimum age to be a Catholic priest or deacon, but that needs to be qualified and justified.
Contrary to what some believe current Canon Law [i.e., the 1983 code] does not address this, or for [...]
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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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