---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:42:39 -0600
>From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: New Pope?
>To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]>
>
>The leading candiates are a Nigerian and a Brazilian. I
would rate the
>odds of an American as 1000 to 1. So, Alberto may be able
to use his ties
>to the new Pope to influence JDG in the future. :-)
I don't know what source Dan is using to call a Nigerian and
a Brazilian the "leading candidates" - but I would point out
that there is an old Roman saying, "he who enters the
conclave a Pope leaves the conclave a cardinal." I don't
put much stock in "frontrunners" as if there is some kind
of "horserace" going on....
I'm sure that there is a lot of talk about the "politics" of
picking a new Pope, but it is important to remember that the
Conclave strives to be an instrument of the Holy Spirit in
picking the next Pope.
John D. - "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done..."
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