Speculation now begins as to who the new pope will be and I was shocked to learn this morning that Cardinal Ratzinger is considered as a possibility. Good heavens, he would destroy all the good will that John Paul has built up over the years. That would be a grave mistake by the church to elect him. A cardinal from Nigeria is also on the short list. Several years ago I saw a report on such a list and it included cardinals from Mexico and Vietnam. Oh well, the three criteria still apply no matter what country the man is from. Those three criteria are conservative, conservative, conservative. One report I saw this morning indicated that the next pope might be an older person, that is, one who would not serve as long so he would be an interim pope. That was the intention with John XXIII but they sure got a surprise with his election. Not in longevity but in being a refomer when he called the Vatican II council.
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