Next Pope Predictions

[Mended Ear]

With all due respect for Pope John Paul II, we all know he' s going to be with the Lord soon ( well deservedly so). Do you think God will give us such a devoted, Spirit-filled leader of our church as this man has been? I would appreciate your thoughts.

 

[Aaron-Aggie]

God will do what he pleases when the time is right, and that time might yet be far away .

 

[JeffreyLloyd]

I have no idea I hope Pope John Paul II stays with us as long as he can!

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

It is impossible to know what God has planned. Nobody expected Karol Wojtyla, a relatively unknown cardinal, would be elected Pope, and yet it happened. God works in mysterious ways, we must place our trust in him.

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

I dont know...I dont even want to think about JP2 leaving.

 

[NDIrish]

I'm not sure either...I just hope it is someone who will clamp down on some of the liturgical abuses in the US...but that's just me...

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

I'm not sure either...I just hope it is someone who will clamp down on some of the liturgical abuses in the US...but that's just me...

Not to mention the abuses of children in the US priesthood!

 

[NDIrish]

Not to mention the abuses of children in the US priesthood!

We could probably go on and on and on

 

[Metanoia02]

Cardianl Arinze is my preference. He is Nigerian who has had extensive experience with Muslims in Africa. I think this is an important issue that can not be over looked. He may be too conservative (is that possible?).

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

Cardianl Arinze is my preference. He is Nigerian who has had extensive experience with Muslims in Africa. I think this is an important issue that can not be over looked. He may be too conservative (is that possible?).

Interesting! Has there been a black Pope before?

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

According to this book, Arinze has no Papal ambitions...but of course, its not up to him, but God!

http://allafrica.com/stories/200401060449.html

"If God wants me to be here, then I am happy. If he wants me to be there in that place, I am happy again."

 

[Metanoia02]

Interesting! Has there been a black Pope before?

There has been an African Pope in the Early Church. But I am not sure if he was actually black. Being from Northern Africa, I doubt if he was black as we understand it today.

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

I like him already, check this out...

http://www.cathnews.com/news/212/125.php

Cardinal Francis Arinze, the new prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, has said that if priests make their own changes in the ritual, "there were will as many kinds of Masses are there are priests".

 

[NDIrish]

He may be too conservative (is that possible?).

No, that would not be possible. I agree on Cardianl Arinze.

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

I found this...

...he would be "the first African in 1,500 years to sit on the throne of St Peter". Three Africans have already occupied the office, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia: Victor (around AD 183-203), Mechiades or Militiades (possibly AD 311-314), and Gelasius (AD 492-496).

 

[ps139]

According to this book, Arinze has no Papal ambitions...but of course, its not up to him, but God!

http://allafrica.com/stories/200401060449.html

"If God wants me to be here, then I am happy. If he wants me to be there in that place, I am happy again."

JPII was another who had no ambitions of being Pope. In my opinion we NEED another "too conservative" pope. There is also Father Christoph S. (I forget his last name) from Austria. He pretty much put together the Catechism. He would also make a great pope.

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

Conservative is good.

 

[Metanoia02]

No, that would not be possible. I agree on Cardianl Arinze.

NDIrish,

Here is one of my favorite quote by His Eminence Cardinal Arinze on liturgical abuse.

The truth is that genuine inculturation has nothing to do with the product of the over-fertile imagination of an enthusiastic priest who concocts something on Saturday night and inflicts it on the innocent Sunday morning congregation now being used as a guinea pig.

This quote can be found in his keynote address last summer to celebrate the 40 year anniversery of Sacrosanctum Concilium.
http://www.tcrnews2.com/ArinzeLiturgy.html

 

[NDIrish]

The truth is that genuine inculturation has nothing to do with the product of the over-fertile imagination of an enthusiastic priest who concocts something on Saturday night and inflicts it on the innocent Sunday morning congregation now being used as a guinea pig.

Wow Met, that's a GREAT quote! I especially like his use of the word "inflicts". This man really gets it...

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he gets the nod from the Holy Spirit.

 

[Credo]

Cardianl Arinze is my preference.

Ditto!!! Someone make me a cardinal quick so I can vote!