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No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by SGRACE1(m): 6:19am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Pope Benedict’s elder brother, the Rev. Georg Ratzinger has given insight into why the coveted position of Catholic Pontiff may elude Africa as the Church begins the process of appointing a new pope. Much speculation has focused on whether Benedict’s successor might come from Africa or Latin America, rather than Europe, where Roman Catholic congregations are shrinking. The pope’s brother, the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, speaking in Regensburg, Germany, said he expected to see a pope chosen from outside Europe one day but not just yet. “I’m certain a pope will come from the new continents but whether it will be now, I have my doubts,” he said. “In Europe, we have many very able people, and the Africans are still not so well known and maybe do not have the experience yet.” Among those considered frontrunners for the role are Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan; Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who heads the Vatican’s office of bishops; Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, an Argentinian, Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana and Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria. Whoever gets the nod, the selection of a new pontiff is expected to go smoothly. “We’re not going to have a problem of two competing popes. If Pope Benedict still wanted to have influence, he wouldn’t have stepped down,” said senior Vatican communications adviser Greg Burke. While not quite unprecedented, Benedict’s resignation is certainly historic. The last pope to step down before his death was Gregory XII, who in 1415 quit to end a civil war within the church in which more than one man claimed to be pope. http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/no-hope-for-african-pope-benedicts-brother/ |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Princewell2012(m): 9:56am On Feb 14, 2013 |
I'm not surprise atall, and i have said it before, africa will never be ordain as pope, they are just deceiving us, a white man will never allow an african to get to that level, believe me they are only playing politics among themselves. God is not a respecter of any person. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 11:44am On Feb 14, 2013 |
S.GRACE:d church isnt about race, so d sectarianism u are advocating wont work. When an african is seen to posses d qualities dat distinguish him among his peers he will b elected. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 11:45am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Princewell2012: I'm not surprise atall, and i have said it before, africa will never be ordain as pope, they are just deceiving us, a white man will never allow an african to get to that level, believe me they are only playing politics among themselves. God is not a respecter of any person.there have already been african pope, i think 3 of them. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by MacDaddy01: 11:46am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Ubenedictus: d church isnt about race, so d sectarianism u are advocating wont work. When an african is seen to posses d qualities dat distinguish him among his peers he will b elected. In the same sentence, you claimed that the catholic church is not about race but Africans have inferior qualities to be popes. Madness |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 12:30pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
MacDaddy01:u failure to understand a particular position doesnt make it madness! It is about race but qualities and if an african posses such he will be elected. I never said anything abt "africans been inferior". |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by MacDaddy01: 12:40pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
Ubenedictus: u failure to understand a particular position doesnt make it madness! It is about race but qualities and if an african posses such he will be elected. I never said anything abt "africans been inferior". Why European whites posses these qualities not Africans? |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 1:59pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
MacDaddy01:u are attacking ur own strawman. I never said d white has some qualities blacks didnt have. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by MacDaddy01: 2:05pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
Ubenedictus: u are attacking ur own strawman. I never said d white has some qualities blacks didnt have. There have been white European popes. You said that when the African gets some particular qualities, the will become popes. You cant run away from this |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 2:14pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
Run away from what MacDaddy01:read in context! I respond to someone who was grading d next pope by race and i said race isnt the criteria! Instead d pope must posses certain qualities and if an african posses such he will be elected. U have turned this into a white vs black arguement, d very tin i advocated against. Anyone whether black, white, pink, yellow, brown or red stands a chance of been d next pope in asmuch has he posseses d right quality. 1 Like |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 2:14pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
Run away from what MacDaddy01:read in context! I responded to someone who was grading d next pope by race and i said race isnt the criteria! Instead d pope must posses certain qualities and if an african posses such he will be elected. U have turned this into a white vs black arguement, d very tin i advocated against. Anyone whether black, white, pink, yellow, brown or red stands a chance of been d next pope in asmuch has he posseses d right quality. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by MacDaddy01: 2:17pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
Ubenedictus: Run away from what read in context! I respond to someone who was grading d next pope by race and i said race isnt the criteria! Instead d pope must posses certain qualities and if an african posses such he will be elected. U have turned this into a white vs black arguement, d very tin i advocated against. Anyone whether black, white, pink, yellow, brown or red stands a chance of been d next pope in asmuch has he posseses d right quality. Seriously? You cant see the flaw in your comment? |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by tpia5: 4:48pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
can someone explain to me in clear terms, why the pope needs to be black. i'm yet to get it. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by scarred: 5:07pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
tpia@: Yes, I was just about to ask the same thing, what does a black pope confer to you. Will this some how affirm your faith, will it make it more likely that you'll travel to the Vatican. What exactly is this stake in a Black Pope? |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by proo212(m): 9:32pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
The next Pope will not be African. I feel Angelo Scola will be the next Pope. The issue is that the African cardinals are very "conservative" and the church wants to be all-inclusive to everybody. Are we about pleasing the population of the church so that we have the numbers and dumb down the doctrine or are we focussed on preaching the unadulterated the word of God.... Even the South American and Asian cardinals are perhaps more conservative than their European counterparts. They can make all sorts of excuses about the Africans not being ready and some of us mights see racism at play but the its deeper than that. Its going to be about populist vote and who is seen to be building bridges. My 0.02 cents. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by jimino(m): 9:57pm On Feb 14, 2013 |
Funny enof most of u wanting an african pope r nt catholic. Y do such wana create confusion. As Catholics nd christians in general jst pray dat God's wil b done. Dnt allow d devil 2 use u 2 create confusion among christians. Tank U |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 10:18am On Feb 15, 2013 |
MacDaddy01:which flaw is that? |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by Ubenedictus(m): 10:18am On Feb 15, 2013 |
tpia@:gud request. |
Re: No Hope For African Pope - Benedict's Brother. by proo212(m): 1:14pm On Feb 20, 2013 |
The African cardinal widely tipped to be the first black pope in modern history faced a firestorm of criticism last night after he laid the blame for clerical sex abuse crises at the feet of gay priests. 7/1 Cardinal Angelo Scola, 71 You have to read between the lines guys. I hope I'm wrong and i will be the first to put my hands up when a new Pope is elected. Angelo Scola is now favourite (he wasnt before) after 9 days |
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