tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post111268942705235045..comments2024-03-19T05:44:13.240-04:00Comments on The Pope Blog: Pope Francis: Conclave: The Papal Election ProcessJimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07379397294112157881noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-45568887318292534092013-03-25T12:47:30.257-04:002013-03-25T12:47:30.257-04:00Glad we could help, Ella. Glad we could help, Ella. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706616918769113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-39942437826289687862013-03-23T19:52:11.593-04:002013-03-23T19:52:11.593-04:00Great work this was very helpful with homework!!!!...Great work this was very helpful with homework!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425994540220520280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-1113549330921011872005-04-15T03:15:00.000-04:002005-04-15T03:15:00.000-04:00Another poster asked if the common language this t...Another poster asked if the common language this time would be English. The answer is no, as there are several Cardinals who do not speak English (or at least not sufficiently well to communicate well in that language), including e.g. Cardinal Tettamanzi, the Archbishop of Milan (and frequently mentioned as one of the "papabili"), who is said to speak only Italian.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the election of a Pope who does NOT speak Italian would probably be even more unexpected than the election of someone who ONLY speaks that language...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-1112898356886784422005-04-07T14:25:00.000-04:002005-04-07T14:25:00.000-04:00To many John Paull II did not restore the church b...To many John Paull II did not restore the church but exactly the opposite. He un-did many of the reforms of Vatican II, and made the papacy authoritarian, wheras; Vatican II was moving the church towards a sharing of power among the bishops.<BR/><BR/>Also, because of his backwards stand on issues, many American Catholics have left the church, espcially in the last 3 years. Cardinal Law of Boston, who resigned because of the child abuse and coverup scandal, was then appointed to an important position in Rome by John Paul II>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-1112726720161594642005-04-05T14:45:00.000-04:002005-04-05T14:45:00.000-04:00For the first time in history, wIll the common lan...For the first time in history, wIll the common language be English?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-1112720762191009632005-04-05T13:06:00.000-04:002005-04-05T13:06:00.000-04:00You forgot to mention, Amanda, that many of the ri...You forgot to mention, Amanda, that many of the rituals only date back to the last century.<BR/><BR/>The smoke signals, for example, only date to 1914, because in 1903, Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria/Hungary vetoed the leading candidate on the fourth ballot. <BR/><BR/>The secrecy of papal elections were only mandated 101 years ago.<BR/><BR/>The first time the secretary of State went opened the window and cried out to the world "Joyous News! Habius Papem!!!!" was in 1922.<BR/><BR/>The reason was that the temporal ruler of the States of the Church refused to accept the fact that the Kingdom of Italy wasn't going to return the Occupied Territories until the newly elected Pius XI,gave up. He then ordered negotiations with Mussalini and they signed the famous concordant setting up The Vatican City in 1929.<BR/><BR/>From 1870 to that year, the "prisoner of the Vatican" refused to look on italian soil.<BR/><BR/>Prior to 1870, the Conclaves were generally held in the Quirinale palace on the other side of town. The exception was in 1800, when they were held in Venice, but that's another story....<BR/><BR/>So remember, when they talk of "ancient traditions" most of the time they're wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-1112720562137197302005-04-05T13:02:00.000-04:002005-04-05T13:02:00.000-04:00Really excellent informational summary. I would al...Really excellent informational summary. I would also note that, although cardinals used to be required to study Latin, from what I have heard I gather a decline in the general level of knowledge in Latin was already evident at Vatican II, where bishops tended to give only prepared speeches in Latin rather than actually directly conversing or debating with each other, because many did not know Latin well enough to converse effectively in it. That being the case, it might easily be that real discussion in Latin may already have been a difficulty even among some cardinals in the conclaves of 1978, although they all technically knew the language to a degree. Regardless, of course it will be a much bigger problem now, as you quite rightly pointed out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301402.post-1112694366326887882005-04-05T05:46:00.000-04:002005-04-05T05:46:00.000-04:00Excelent article, Amanda. Thanks a lof for that, a...Excelent article, Amanda. Thanks a lof for that, and God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com