(April 21, 2025 at 11:51 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(April 21, 2025 at 11:08 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Fun fact: Of the 252 cardinals in the Catholic Church, only 135 are eligible to take part in the Conclave. The sole criteria of eligibility are A: they're currently active cardinals, B: They're under 80.
Of the 135 eligible cardinals, only 33 are under 65. The youngest is 45.
So of the 135 voters, only about 25% are younger than 65?
Good luck with that keeping on, then.
Sort of like Fireball said, becoming a cardinal takes time and a LOT of moving through the politics of the Church just so you can end up on the Vatican’s radar.
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