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Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope?

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Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope?
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RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope?
March 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm
(March 13, 2019 at 12:51 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: What's so special about cardinals than other Catholics? Are they better Christians/ Catholics than others Catholics? How can they be better?

Why can't few Catholic women get together at a restaurant and decide who will be the Pope? And if they did what would make their Pope less valid than one chosen by cardinals?

Because when the people of Rome elected the pope, the wrong kind of person got elected (i.e. actual holy men or *gasp* women) and when the nobles of Rome elected the pope too few of the bribes went to the clergy.
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Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope?

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Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Fake Messiah - March 13, 2019 at 12:51 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Brian37 - March 13, 2019 at 1:05 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Brian37 - March 13, 2019 at 1:32 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Brian37 - March 13, 2019 at 2:00 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Brian37 - March 13, 2019 at 3:15 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by brewer - March 13, 2019 at 1:59 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Brian37 - March 13, 2019 at 2:45 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Yonadav - March 13, 2019 at 3:09 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by chimp3 - March 13, 2019 at 5:37 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Yonadav - March 13, 2019 at 8:14 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by chimp3 - March 13, 2019 at 10:49 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by Pat Mustard - March 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by no one - March 13, 2019 at 11:10 pm
RE: Why do cardinals get to elect the Pope? - by chimp3 - March 13, 2019 at 11:17 pm

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