THE NOMINATION THREAD

[dUSt]

Nominate the possible successors here. All serious nominees will be given their own thread where we can discuss all of their pros and cons.

When the conclave begins, we will start a poll here at phatmass and see if our votes produce the same results as the Vatican!

[Brother Adam]

Cristoph Schonborn, 60, Austria

Edited April 8, 2005 by Brother Adam

[stef22]

Cardinal Ratzinger

[Ash Wednesday]

Cardinal Francis Arinze!

[J.R.D]

Cardinal Giovanni Battista

Edited April 8, 2005 by J.R.D

[jmjtina]

Cardinal Francis Arinze

[img]http://www.ewtn.com/HolySee/images/cardinal_images/263.jpg[/img]

[Q the Ninja]

Me. Age 19: Roma, Italia.

[jrndveritatis]

Cardinal Pell, Austrailia

[fled]

HHmmm theres only one Cardinal I truly know enough about to say I love the man, which is Cardinal Avery Dulles (USA), who was never a serious candidate, and who is even too old to vote (86). But the man's theology rocks.

Aside from that...I tried to start a poll in this section, but could not...it was just a harmless one to gauge everyones feelings/ vibe like are you: Excited, Sketpical, Totally submissive to the Church's decision, Count'nt care less, Still missin JP II too much and cannot give our Pontiff-to-be the emotional attentions he deserves?

Being a somwhat of a theologean, I find this temporary time warp back into the past, filled with tradition amazingly exciting.

My candle still burns for JP II @ night tho

Sorry if this seemed like a hijack, it totally wasnt.

Onto the candidates....

[Thomas Michael]

I read somewhere that one of the cardinals favored to become pope is from Argentina... Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 68, Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

Edited April 8, 2005 by Thomas Michael

[Cam42]

[quote name='J.R.D' date='Apr 8 2005, 05:07 PM'] Cardinal Giovanni Battista [/quote]
Re

Don't forget his last name.

[Guest Eremite]

My vote goes to Cardinal Ratzinger.

Another possible candidate is Cardinal Cipriani of Lima, Peru.

[J.R.D]

srry

[Fidei Defensor]

If anyone cares, the Vatican website has an area with all the cardinals and their pictures, bio's, etc..

[url="http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_fotografie/cardinali_fotografie_aa_index_en.html"]http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/...a_index_en.html[/url]

[dUSt]

Another place for pictures:
[url="http://www.catholicpressphoto.com/Cardinali/default.htm"]http://www.catholicpressphoto.com/Cardinali/default.htm[/url]

[argent_paladin]

This is my favorite site: [url="http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_list.asp"]http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_list.asp[/url] because you can sort the cardinals by age, election, rank and nationality.

So, I nominate:

Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, Prefect of the Congregation of Clergy

Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi, Archbishop of Palermo, scholar and spiritual man

Camillo Cardinal Ruini, Vicar General of Rome, basically acts as the bishop of Rome

Francisco Javier Cardinal Erazurriz Ossa, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile


I selected these on three assumptions (which could be wrong, but are logical):
1. They will look for someone older, i.e. over 70
2. They will look for someone with lots of pastoral experience and outstanding administrative skill.
3. They will look for someone who has the formation of priests as a top priority.

These four Cardinals are outstanding teaching pastors, who consider formation of Clergy as very important. I think they will be considered.

[MC Just]

Cardinal Arinze!!!

[homeschoolmom]

My "picks" are:

Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, 60 of Tanzania
Claudio Cardinal Hummes, 70 of Brazil
Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, 69 of Colombia

Edited April 8, 2005 by homeschoolmom

[Cam42]

Who knows why the proper way to call a cardinal is as follows?

George Cardinal Pell or Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi or Francis Cardinal Arinze.

Cam

[homeschoolmom]

I don't know, but I hope you'll tell us. I was going to start a thread about that...