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 Just a Bump in the Beltway: Papabile
Next Challenge for the Church: Choosing a Successor By LAURIE GOODSTEIN Vatican observers have spent years now honing their ever-changing lists of cardinals who are "papabile" or potential popes.
After looking at the thumbnail sketches I found of potential successors, I was surprised to see several liberals listed as possibly papabile, though I doubt most of them really have a shot.
People who say the church is "against condoms" REALLY don't get it.
http://www.node707.com/archives/003578.shtml   (1797 words)

  
 Father Raymond J. de Souza on Vatican on National Review Online
Ouellet is getting major attention here because he seems to be that kind of man, and electors who point to him as papabile (literally, "pope-able") are using a kind of shorthand to say what the Church needs in this moment.
His ability to communicate the faith appears strong, though he is so new that it will take time to tell.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/desouza200310210928.asp   (884 words)

  
 Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day: Papabile
And who is the most papabile, to use the Italian word for a possible Pope?
http://www.eamonn.com/archives/000799.html   (524 words)

  
 Ghanaian Chronicle - Online : The current time is 4:26:48 PM on 11/18/2005
Immediately, out comes the list of papabile, the supposed inventory of princes of the church who are considered to have the right stuff to don the white biretta as Vicar of Christ and become sovereign of the world’s one billion Roman Catholics.
Michael Higgins, president of St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ont., and one of the world’s leading scholars on the contemporary Catholic Church, said it is not surprising the world is becoming more and more interested in who will come after John Paul II, history’s second-longest-reigning pontiff.
The news media, meanwhile, blossomed with stories about papabile (the word translates as popeable) successors and with statistics of John Paul II’s reign, as if it were already history.
http://www.ghanaian-chronicle.com/thestory.asp?id=4759   (484 words)

  
 At least 30 cardinals seen as candidates
VATICAN CITY -- Catholic tradition says the Holy Spirit elects the pope -- and the Spirit does not give interviews to reporters, who were blindsided in the last two papal elections.
An expert on liturgy, he has called for less centralization in church government, and called for laity -- including women -- to head some Vatican offices.
While published lists of papabile -- Italian for electable cardinals -- should not be taken too seriously, the role of the Holy Spirit should, said Francesco D. Cesareo, dean of the liberal arts school at Duquesne University and a church historian who studies the papacy.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05093/482186.stm   (1512 words)

  
 open book: Of Cassocks and Kings
What it said was that in society priests should wear a black coat that extended to the knees (the equivalent of an old fashioned frock coat I imagine) for the express purpose of distinguishing themselves from the laity.
Left Rail Quote: From "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" by Flannery O'Connor
Papabile remarks on a Whapping post on cassocks at ND, and offers some historical info, of which I was not at all aware...about what the Second and Thirdt Plenary Councils of Baltimore decreed in re/the garb.
http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2005/08/of_cassocks_and.html   (1146 words)

  
 Abbot -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Sometimes a very real hold was maintained, so the Abbot of (additional info and facts about Cluny) Cluny had such vast income from the network of filial monasteries that he was one of the most powerfull men in the church, and a eral papabile.
As daughter could often become a mother in a next phase, the 'family tree' can become very complex, but often the grandmother remains the only with aknowledged seniority.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/a/ab/abbot.htm   (2966 words)

  
 i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Pope Blog: Conclave Edition Analyzes Papabile
The papabile is the unofficial list of those whom many believe is "popeable" and could be elected in the conclave.
) is now available for full coverage and commentary of the events of the "sede vacante" (Vacancy of the Holy See), including the conclave, commentary on the papabile, also known as papabili (which is the plural form of papabile), and election of the next Successor of Saint Peter.
The terms "papabile" and "papabili" are unofficial Italian terms that would translate to "popeable" in English, if any of the words actually existed officially.
http://i-newswire.com/pr14221.html   (467 words)

  
 IN THE PRESS: Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Ukraine seen as "papabile" (12/16/01)
When I last spoke to Husar, I told him I was planning to tip him as a papabile.
Theoretically any baptized male Catholic could be elected as the successor to John Paul II.
His grin, his self-effacing wit, his roly-poly frame and bushy beard all would make him a media star, a symbol of a less imperial and more human Church.
http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2001/500117.shtml   (1283 words)

  
 Analysis: Italians dominate papal choice - (United Press International)
An intellectual and a disciple of the Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, he is close to the Italian organization Communion and Liberation and taught theology until appointed to the ancient Venice see.
While it's considered both unseemly and counter-productive for a cardinal to campaign on his own behalf, there are always others ready to advance his cause.
Long usage has limited the choice to one of the cardinals themselves and the Italian word "papabile" -- literally "popeable" -- is applied to prelates who seem to have the qualities necessary to be elected.
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050225-040724-7246r.htm   (1109 words)

  
 CBS News Papal Crystal Ball Gets A Workout March 25, 2005 11:00:10
In spite of the fact that the effort is about as useful and reliable as reading tea leaves, speculating on "papabile" is virtually an article of faith among "Vaticanisti," as the journalists who cover the Vatican daily are known.
The word can't be found in any Italian dictionary, but it translates literally as "popeable," and refers to cardinals who are considered possible candidates for the job of next pope.
There is even an Irish online betting service that publishes lists, complete with odds.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/25/world/main683037.shtml   (599 words)

  
 National Catholic Reporter: Cardinal Kasper balances values with reality - Cardinal Walter Kasper, papabile
He entered the College of Cardinals in a Feb. 21 consistory, and a few days later the pope named him to head the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in effect making him the church's top ecumenical officer.
National Catholic Reporter, May 11, 2001 by John L. Jr.
He also figures on most lists as a papabile, or a candidate to be the next pope.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_28_37/ai_75021416   (1185 words)

  
 Seeking signs of how cardinals are leaning in picking new pope
He drafted John Paul's encyclical "The Gospel of Life," which provides the theological basis for the church to address such issues, and the Microsoft Corp. published digital editions of Tettamanzi's book on bioethics.
Strength in bioethics could point to another much-touted papabile, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Venice, 63, who has also written extensively on bioethics.
Italian media have quoted two Latin American cardinals who are considered papabile -- possible popes -- giving high play to the need to address the same biological issues.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05096/483586.stm   (684 words)

  
 Ipsissima Verba » Some Details About the Conclave
Comment by papabile — 4/2/2005 @ 6:11 am
This isn’t one of those speculative articles, discussing who is papabile; rather, it fills in some of the details of what takes place during a conclave, and some of the procedures used.
For instance, while they once used wet straw to produce the black smoke indicating that a pope had not yet been elected, chemicals are now used.
http://blog.slappy.org/?p=208   (253 words)

  
 The Pope Blog: Pope Benedict XVI: The Papabile
I wish your knowledge of Italian grammar was as extensive as your insights as to whom the Holy Spirit will choose to lead His church!
The U.S. media often cites him as papabile, but more educated Vatican watchers usually consider him to be a Grand Elector, instead.
All other content, including comments and quoted passages, is owned by the original author.
http://thepopeblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/papabile.html   (5137 words)

  
 CatholicCitizens.org
In a move that surprised church conservatives, he addressed the rioters and criticized capitalism.
For example, a pastoral letter published by the cardinal's office downplayed the Catholic Church's condemnation of homosexual acts by equating them to heterosexual promiscuity outside of marriage.
Among watchers of papal politics, Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, the archbishop of Milan, is the most conservative of those considered to be papabile, which is what a cardinal with enough stature to be elected pope is called.
http://catholiccitizens.org/printer/article.asp?c=10901   (648 words)

  
 Bridegroom Press - Articles - Catholic Faith - Papabile
Bridegroom Press - Articles - Catholic Faith - Papabile
Top » Catalog » Catholic Faith » Papabile
I really liked your previous 2004 Calendar of Indulgences be..
http://www.bridegroompress.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=162   (819 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Politics, challenges to church to guide choice of successor
Politics, challenges to church to guide choice of successor
Page 2 of 3 -- Technically, the next pope does not have to be a cardinal; any baptized man can be elected.
But scholars say that to be considered papabile, or pope-worthy, one must be a cardinal, multilingual -- ideally, at least conversant in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish -- and comfortable with the high visibility and frequent travel that has become an expectation of a pope in the information age.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/04/politics_challenges_to_church_to_guide_choice_of_successor?pg=2   (613 words)

  
 Catholic Answers: Karl's E-Letter
What does that suggest regarding those considered papabile at this year's conclave?
The poor woman was done a disservice by the leftwing lectures she attended and by the dissentient publications she read.
Had the heterodox cared a whit for her mental equilibrium, they would have been honest with her: Not even the most liberal of the papabile, had he been elected, would have instituted a female priesthood or would have authorized the use of contraceptives.
http://www.catholic.com/newsletters/kke_050517.asp   (1838 words)

  
 WEDNESDAY May 23 issue (may23.htm)
For more, see Second Day of the Consistory
While the Consistory heads into its third day, media from around the world are giving their take on what they think will evolve from this 20 hour confab among the cardinals.
We present two stories which speculate on various cardinals who might be Papabile - papal material, so to speak, as well as views from both conservatives and liberals on what they think will result from this Extraordinary Consistory.
http://www.dailycatholic.org/issue/2001May/may23.htm   (1877 words)

  
 Papabile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As Pope Benedict XVI was one of the oldest men on the list, most men on the list remain among his potential successors, but the "papability" of those on it will tend to wane as time goes on.
The list of papabili in the 2005 papal conclave shows who was considered papabile at the death of John Paul II.
A convenient English translation would be "popeable", "one worthy of the position of pope" or "possible (or likely) successor to the pope".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papabile   (374 words)

  
 Papal bets: Great intellect, unusual personal traits - INQ7.net
Karl Rahner, one of the foremost liberal Catholic theologians of the 20th century and among the architects of the reforms associated with Vatican II.
Their pastoral letter was rejected by John Paul II's chief theological adviser, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, (also papabile) with whom Kasper continued to joust when he became president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Papabile Francis Cardinal Arinze of Nigeria grew up a member of the Ibo tribe and became a Catholic at age nine.
http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=33996   (1071 words)

  
 Leading Italian Vatican-watcher assesses the papabile
A scandal involving a pedophile priest in Belgium, which included a finding that Daneels and his archdiocese had been negligent in its supervision, seemed to taint him, as did concern about a heart condition in 1997.
Daneels, Politi says, had been out of the circle of papabile for a while, but the European synod marks his return.
Among the papabile, Politi says three gathered special strength from the synod - Tettamanzi, Eyt, and Daneels.
http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/documents/JA10-25.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Papabile : the man who would be pope : a novel
Papabile : the man who would be pope : a novel
Find in a Library: Papabile : the man who would be pope : a novel
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http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/62645602eaffc188a19afeb4da09e526.html   (55 words)

  
 Brazilian Cardinal dies in Rome
At one time, Neves had been considered to be "papabile" - a possible successor to the pope.
Neves, a member of the Dominican Order, was archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia for 11 years until called to the Vatican in 1998, when John Paul made him prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
He was a top churchman in the world's largest Catholic country and was considered a moderate in a sharply divided clergy.
http://www.cathnews.com/news/209/54.html   (211 words)

  
 No definitive front-runner seen as choice for cardinals The San Diego Union-Tribune
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who as head of that office served as the Vatican's enforcer of doctrine, is a favorite of some conservative commentators.
Others who are papabile include Cardinal Godfried Danneels, 70, who is archbishop of Belgium and has called for more democracy in the Catholic Church; and Cardinal Ivan Dias, 67, of Bombay, India.
Vatican observers have spent years honing their ever-changing lists of cardinals who are papabile, or potential popes.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050403/news_1n3successor.html   (1024 words)

  
 Catholic World News (CWN)
A Jesuit, he is respected as a philosopher and theologian, but especially as a pastor who has emphasized spiritual principles to his Argentine flock in the midst of their economic crises.
His background in a country where Christians must confront the challenge of militant Islam is an asset.
There are also concerns about his lack of personal charm and international experience.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=36564   (2421 words)

  
 papabile
If papabile would like to resume his blog, he can contact me from the e-mail link at http://www.catholicpillowfight.com and I'll pass it over to him again.
http://papabile.blogspot.com   (93 words)

  
 Precinct 333: Papabile -- Possible Popes
Opposing them will be cardinals who think one of John Paul's great failures was his inability to address European secularism, and who, therefore, feel the next pope should be a Western European.
The Vatican could quickly announce his name and have him participate in the conclave IF he can be safely gotten out of China and if he is under 80.
Different names are already circulating as papabile -- "possible popes" -- as we head towards a likely conclave in the month of April.
http://precinct333.blogspot.com/2005/04/papabile-possible-popes.html   (1260 words)

  
 BBC News EUROPE Analysis: Choosing the next pope
Described as a workaholic, he is regarded as papabile - a possible pope.
Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan was born in Hue, Vietnam, and was imprisoned by the Communist regime for 13 years, nine of them in solitary confinement.
After a successful career as a Vatican diplomat, with posts in Panama and Iran, he became deputy to the Secretary of State, giving him a key role as the pope's chief of staff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1178910.stm   (1234 words)

  
 Papabile - The Men Who Could Be Pope
Papabile - The Men Who Could Be Pope
Who will be the next Pope, God's representative on earth to almost one billion Roman Catholics?
PAPABILE - THE MEN WHO COULD BE POPE
http://www.bbcprograms.com/pbs/catalog/papabile/papabilemain.htm   (142 words)

  
 CBS News Candidates For Next Pope April 4, 2005 06:53:49
There is no clear favorite when the 117 cardinals begin their secret conclave later this month.
But names often mentioned as "papabile" — the Italian word for possible papal candidates — include Cardinal Francis Arinze, a Vatican-based Nigerian, and Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/03/world/main685108.shtml   (733 words)

  
 JIMMY AKIN.ORG: Papabile Speculation
His homily was wonderful, and what I read of him, very deep.
However, I've never seen his name in "papabile" lists.
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, is the leading Italian papabile according to many.
http://www.jimmyakin.org/2005/04/papabile_specul.html   (1788 words)

  
 Blithering Idiot "...every village needs one..."
Naturally, there's a blog out there keeping an eye on the papabile: "Dedicated to the discussion of the possible successors of our Holy Father, John Paul II.
Papabile: (pay-pah-bee-lay), n., one who is considered a possible candidate to be Pope."
As Christopher S. Johnson writes: "Since the Pope died, nobody's going to be paying any attention to ECUSA for a while." Let's face it, ECUSA is class D ball even within the Protestant community, so let's look at the interesting stuff; the big leagues.
http://blidiot.blogspot.com/2005_04_03_blidiot_archive.html   (640 words)

  
 Sun.Star Network -- Speak Out
After this unfortunate exercise, the people of Viterbo were happy to find a papabile by the name of Gregory X. After this “historic” even, the gathering to elect a papabile has been held in a “Secret Conclave.” The name “secret” is obvious; it’s intended to have no outside influences by monarchs, king or queens.
The local magistrate saw to it that no one got out of the place and ordered that they be fed with only bread and water until a pope was elected.
Pope John Paul II has also willed that the election of the new pope should be made known to the world not only by a “white smoke” but also by the ringing of bells of the Basilica of St. Peter.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/speak_out/view_article.php?tid=20050411010323   (679 words)

  
 AsiaFinest Discussion Forum -> Filipino/Asian Pope?
The only Filipino who has Vatican connections is Cardinal Jose Sanchez, Hoyos' predecessor in the Congregation for the Clergy.
But the fact that Vidal is unknown may work for him since Wojtyla was not considered a papabile when he entered the 1978 conclave.
It would have been a different story had retired Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin made it to the conclave.
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33559   (1069 words)

  
 Compass - ABC TV Religion
The program also discloses who might be the Papabile - those worthy of consideration as a potential Pope.
This BBC Everyman special goes behind-the-scenes to reveal some of the secrets of the Conclave - the process of electing a Pope.
Candidates come from Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Nigeria and France.
http://www.abc.net.au/compass/series/1998/papabile.htm   (166 words)

  
 Pope.y2u.co.uk - Pope Benedict XVI - His Life and Works
That fact sparked many fears that the United States was being given too much power in the Church; people worldwide generally express uneasiness that the United States already dominates global politics.
On May 13, 2005, Benedict XVI made his first promulgation of the beatification process.
It is for that reason that Americans are never considered papabile.
http://pope.y2u.co.uk/Pope_Benedict_XVI.htm   (5212 words)

  
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He died a few years later, forgotten by those who once confidently declared him papabile.
But when the cardinals assembled in the Sistine Chapel to choose a successor to Pope Paul in August 1978, Cardinal Pignedoli, according to reliable accounts, was left so far behind that you’d have needed a telescope to find him at the end of the second ballot.
The Pignedoli Principle is, I suppose, a variant on the ancient wheeze that “He who enters the conclave a pope leaves it a cardinal.” So for the sake of creativity, let me also propose the Baggio Corollary to the Pignedoli Principle.
http://www.eppc.org/programs/catholicstudies/publications/pubID.440,programID.16/pub_detail.asp   (941 words)

  
 Notre-Dame de Fatima: Forum
It is to say that the “Message of Fatima” continues to be THE “GRID OF READING” of the events, even if the universal and vaticane single thought does not make “any case of it”, which we currently note through the media concert of universal praises to which we assist.
We thus try our chance, while knowing, by the history of the Church that, when we enter “papabile” to the Conclave, we leave very often Cardinal there.
Here thus why we write to you and this more especially as the public rumour makes you a “papabile”.
http://www.fatima.be/fr/forum/note20a.html   (1474 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - 7 Things You Should Know About the Pope
Though a cardinal may be convinced he is papabile (qualified to be pope), he doesn't acknowledge it.
At least he doesn't issue a public platform nor discuss the issues with his colleagues as he tries to keep a low profile.
Bokenkotter: The cardinals do campaign to be pope but in a subtle way.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/Guides/?Article=pope   (2576 words)

  
 SSPXAfrica.com: Papabile
Despite this, six names in particular keep coming up, all different than those bandied about just five or six years ago as being "papabile": three Italians, a Czech, an Austrian, and a Colombian (South America).
No non-Italian has the merits of Cardinal Wojtyla, who was selected because of the strong chance he would destabilize Russia and the fact that he had a major role in writing the anti-birth control letter, Humanae Vitae, published by Pope Paul VI in 1968.
The election conclave is likely to see a duel between Pope John Paul's powerful right hand, the Italian Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re, and Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who is disliked by the Roman Curia but admired by non-Italian cardinals.
http://www.sspxafrica.com/documents/2001_April/Papabile.htm   (2141 words)

  
 Arkcity.net: Community - Politicking vies with piety as cardinals gather to pick a new pope 04/04/05
John Paul II himself confounded practically every ''papabile'' list going into the October 1978 conclave.
He is a ''papabile,'' Italian for someone who has pope potential.
As Karol Wojtyla, cardinal of Krakow, Poland, he was the first non-Italian to become pope in 455 years.
http://www.arkcity.net/stories/040405/com_0004.shtml   (514 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: papabile
Posts tagged papabile in the last 227 days
This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged papabile.
Amigo Vallejo, Carlos (Spain) - Aged 70 Filed under: Catholic, Papabile?
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 Catholic World News (CWN)
That is Cardinal Angelo Scola, the Patriarch of Venice, although he is relatively young to be considered papabile, at the age of 62-- at a time when most analysts believe that the next conclave will choose an older pontiff.
But his predecessors as Patriarch of Venice include three 20th-century pontiffs: Pius X, John XXIII, and John Paul I. Cardinal Scola is very close to the Italian movement Communion and Liberation, which is very influential in Italy and Latin America, and highly esteemed by Pope John Paul II (bio - news).
Vatican, Oct. 21, 2003 (CWNews.com) - Among the 30 new cardinals whose names are known, only one is generally identified by Vatican-watchers as papabile -- a possible candidate for the papacy.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=25418   (342 words)

  
 ABC News: Cardinals Gather to Elect a New Pope
Sodano and Re also have been mentioned as "papabile," Italian for pope material.
Ratzinger was to recite an opening prayer in Latin that the voters be guided "in our hearts, in love and in patience."
The prelates agreed after John Paul II's funeral not to talk publicly about the process, but the world's news media have been rife with speculation centering on about two dozen candidates considered "papabile," Italian for "pope material."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=679646&page=3   (304 words)

  
 EIPS - Papabile: Deep currents flow within Rome as the next Conclave looms
These old men of Rome, average age 71 years, should never be underestimated.
Of the 184 cardinals under the age of 80, and therefore entitled to vote, those who could be marked out as candidates for the papal throne are dubbed papabile.
In the next conclave, the cardinals will elect what will be approximately the 264
http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=papabile   (2034 words)

  
 THE CONTENDERS
Papabile is the Italian word for someone with papal potential.
I Papabili, the plural, refers to the short list of Papabile.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/17/MNGBBCAFCM1.DTL   (1018 words)

  
 National Catholic Reporter: Cardinal calls for some perspective: global pro... @ HighBeam Research
Cardinal calls for some perspective: global problems more pressing than scandal, says Honduran papabile.
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:106098145&refid=holomed_1   (1083 words)

  
 Home > News & Updates > Italian lite
We would surely have in bioethical and sexual matters a more modern and less conservative attitude, more sympathetic to the sufferings of the multitudes in Africa who are scourged by AIDS."
I don’t think he’s going to be the next pope, but in any event his published work on sexual ethics and bioethics is entirely consistent with the teaching of John Paul II in Veritatis Splendor and Evangelium Vitae.
Reality: The Italian papabile with formal credentials in bioethics is Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi of Milan.
http://www.eppc.org/news/newsID.2032/news_detail.asp   (818 words)

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