Friday, April 01, 2005
When it rains...
Well, the Pontiff's next.
We all need to pray for him. That's not a funny thing to say, even for the staunchest Lutheran. Despite what your Protestant thinks about the Holy See, the Catholics are our brothers and sisters. And the pope's the most powerful man in the world. It makes a big difference who's next.
If you're as young as I am you don't remember another pontiff, so I think there are a lot of us out there who are quite ignorant on how this all works. Time
has a good primer on the papal selection process. I'm going to be riveted, I can tell you this right now. Admittedly that's because I'm thinking about this as a once-in-a-lifetime event, even though it's rare that a pope should have as lengthy a papacy as Pope JP II.
Everyone should have a favorite pope. You can go to the Catholic Forum's list of the popes to pick yours. But you might want to shop around a little at other history websites before settling on one. Take Boniface VIII, for example. Sure, looks like he had his enemies, but it sounds like they're all kooks, and this site says nothing about why someone as cool-headed and purely rational as Dante would feel the need to eagerly await his arrival in Hell (XXVII)...
Boniface VIII
We all need to pray for him. That's not a funny thing to say, even for the staunchest Lutheran. Despite what your Protestant thinks about the Holy See, the Catholics are our brothers and sisters. And the pope's the most powerful man in the world. It makes a big difference who's next.
If you're as young as I am you don't remember another pontiff, so I think there are a lot of us out there who are quite ignorant on how this all works. Time
has a good primer on the papal selection process. I'm going to be riveted, I can tell you this right now. Admittedly that's because I'm thinking about this as a once-in-a-lifetime event, even though it's rare that a pope should have as lengthy a papacy as Pope JP II.
Everyone should have a favorite pope. You can go to the Catholic Forum's list of the popes to pick yours. But you might want to shop around a little at other history websites before settling on one. Take Boniface VIII, for example. Sure, looks like he had his enemies, but it sounds like they're all kooks, and this site says nothing about why someone as cool-headed and purely rational as Dante would feel the need to eagerly await his arrival in Hell (XXVII)...
Boniface VIII
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