I’m praying it isn’t Ratzinger. Isn’t he on the old side for a pope anyway?
Realist.
I’d love for it to be Arinze, but I doubt it. I wonder what his regnal name will be. . . Clement, Innocent, Pius, Leo, Gregory. . . ?
They keep throwing the name Ratzinger out as the new Pope on MSNBC. Why is he considered the forerunner for the position?
Odds are with you:
Joseph Ratzinger (Germany), 2.85:1
Francis Arinze (Nigeria), 4.4:1
Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga (Honduras), 6.2:1
Dionigi Tettamanzi (Italy), 6.4:1
Claudio Hummes (Brazil), 7:1
Carlo Maria Martini (Italy), 11:1
as of yesterday.
If the “Holy Spirit” is guiding the choice, then why isn’t the vote unanimous on the first ballot? Or why doesn’t a thunderous voice say “the new Pope is so-and-so but he’ll go by the name Pope George IXX”?
He was JPII’s right-hand-man for decades, and he’s the leader of the traditionalists in the Church (not that there are a lot of radicals in the Cardinalate…)
And the new Pope is Cardinal Ratzinger!
Ratzinger.
Ratzinger! Told you!
Andit’s Ratty!
I’m not even Catholic and that’s a :rolleyes:. They’re saying god’s not a micromanager, I guess.
So it’s Ratzinger, eh?
It’s Ratzinger, AKA Benedict the 16th.
Benedict 16th
The way this simulpostfest is going, he’ll only be Pope once, for 20 minutes.
Rats. I was hoping for somebody more progressive and modern.
Ratzinger will be Pope Benedict something. Hmmmm.
Well, there goes any bit of respect and affection I still had clinging to the cockles of my heart for the Church…
Nitpick: IXX is not a valid Roman Numeral, AFAICRemember. XIX is 19, XXI is 21.
Ratzinger will be Pope Benedict XVI.
-DF
Pope Benedict XI ne Joseph Ratzinger