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Ave Papa - we have a new Pope
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04-19-2005, 01:03 PM | #2 |
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Habemus Papam! A German one too, meaning they didn't go back to "Italians only" . Ratzinger was one of the favourites among the bookmakers, and it was believed chances were big that the next pope would choose the name Benedict XVI.
[edit] I guess the other cardinals wanted a pope who knows the Vatican like the palms of his hand. Ratziger was the perfect choice seeing that he's worked with the old pope since the 70's.
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What's "hmmmm" the Hitler Youth thing? I think his later desertion of the army shows what he thought about that rubbish.
I wondered how many German popes there have been, and a quick Google turns up that there have been six, and Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian Pope since 1523. EDIT: *waves to Jonathan in cross-posting*
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04-19-2005, 01:43 PM | #4 |
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He's the first German pope since the 1100s, I believe. He's also an accomplished pianist.
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04-19-2005, 01:46 PM | #5 |
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YAY!
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04-19-2005, 02:01 PM | #6 |
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He has a huge job ahead but appears very competent to accomplish it. May he reign in peace.
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04-19-2005, 02:15 PM | #7 |
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It's amazing how short has been the conclave (do you use the same word in English?). Considering that he has got more than 77 votes out of 115 it seems that 4 votations have been very few. Pope JPII needed 8 votations to be elected. All this says that he's very respected between the cardinals.
And I'd like to say that it does semms also that all that journalist rubish that they've been selling about being to confronted sides in the conclave have very little basis...
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Habemus Papam!
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04-19-2005, 05:30 PM | #9 |
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Is int it so cool we got a new pope and he is german that is so cool yes yes
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