02-26-2013, 09:33 PM
Gutenberg wrote:
The new pope will be Italian.
The new pope will be very conservative.
The new pope will be pretty much like the old pope, only younger.
If the direction of the church changes, it will be toward the right.
The church will be run by the old guard, who will anoint cardinals who are just as conservative as they.
When the new guard becomes the old guard, they will be as conservative, or more conservative, as today's old guard.
Actually more likely:
The new pope will not be Italian.
The new pope will be orthodox.
The new pope will be pretty much like the old pope, only younger.
The direction of the church will not change.
The church will be run by the old guard, who will anoint cardinals who are orthodox.
When the new guard becomes the old guard, they will be orthodox as well.
People in the church are not liberal or conservative, they are either orthodox or heterodox.
About half the positions of the Church are liberal and about half are conservative.