The past four papal elections haven’t been kind to prognosticators. The 1978 conclaves—which elected Albino Luciani as John Paul I, then Karol Wojtyła as John Paul II—confirmed the adage that “he who enters the conclave a pope leaves it a cardinal.”
In August 1978, the putatively leading candidates didn’t get out of the starting blocks. John Paul I died in September after a 33-day pontificate, and two cardinals favored by the Great Mentioner deadlocked in the October conclave, opening the door to Wojtyła’s stunning election....
opinion Start by requiring clergy to report sexual abuse
opinion we've seen the alternative. stick with Catholicism.
opinion Rather for thousands of years humans created stories about unseen unknown things in Nature-creation, death & now knowing what we do about how Lava formed the land we live on we stare out into past & future at our Universe to the unseen,unknown.Who would Destroy Faith?Not Me
opinion A brilliant analyse. Catholicism Lite has nothing in common with Catholicism itself. Good to remind that the wHoly Spirit does not care by whom cardinals were appointed. In the act of conclave it seems to be meaningless.
opinion I think organized religion is on a fading life support line...
opinion The RCC is a misery cult based on a pile of dogmatic nonsense.
opinion We no longer trust the realm of the pope... It has been mixed up in negative media... portraying itself as an unsafe org to vulnerable and misguided faithfuls..don't taint the church.
opinion Religion is an emotional story and economic behavior rules led by a chief patient Catholicism is a mental health situation
opinion If Catholics are Christians in the true sense, they don’t need no Pope to find redemption. Fact is, Catholicism has lost all charm (and many followers) ever since the Pope (fraudster) started mollycoddling Islamists around the world. Zero respect for the Vatican institution.
opinion George Weigel : ' Catholic Lite ' and Vatican finances will top next Pope's agenda.
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