Are catholics mad that any one can be a pope?

Question

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Answer 1

Unlike the office of the President of the US, there is no Constitutional requirements for the office of Pope. The only restriction is that the Pope must be a Catholic man. So I guess I have a shot. Pope would be a sweet gig, my own country, the popemobile vacation home in the Alps etc.

Answer 2

No.

Only the Holy Spirit can select the real Pope.

A Papal Conclave works like this:

+ A pope dies and is buried

+ The cardinals come to Rome for the conclave that will elect the new pope. The word conclave (Latin, *** + clavis, literally, "locked with the key") designates:
. • The place in a locked section of the Vatican where the cardinals elect a new pope.
. • The actual gathering of the cardinals.

+ The conclave begins 15 to 20 days after the pope's death.

+ The cardinals pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit during a Mass

+ The cardinals, sealed in the Sistine Chapel, vote every morning and afternoon.

+ A two-thirds majority plus one is required for election for the first 30 ballots. After that, a simple majority is required.

+ After each vote, they burn the ballots and add special chemicals to make the smoke white or black.
. • Black smoke means no new pope yet.
. • White smoke announces the election of a new pope.

+ The cardinals may elect any baptized male they wish. There have been occasions in the past where they have elected a layman. After their election, the layman has to be ordained priest and bishop.

+ They ask the one elected if he accepts. The moment he accepts, he is pope.

+ The pope chooses his “Papal” name.

+ Then the new pope is announced to the world.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

Nope not mad at all, anyone CAN be Pope. It is not probable that anyone outside the upper levels of Church structure will make it.

Anyone can be a Cardinal too by the way (even a woman, if appointed. You do not have to be ordained to be named a Cardinal).

Well not quite anyone, you do have to be Catholic to hold those positions

And you have to be Catholic and ordained to be the Pope.

edit Kom below me:

Here are the still listed qualifications for Cardinals:

The person nominated must possess the qualifications of a bishop (not BE a bishop but have the same qualifications). He must, therefore, be at least thirty years of age. However, for the cardinal-deacons it suffices to have entered on the twenty-second year; but the new cardinal-deacon must receive deacon's orders within a year, otherwise he loses both passive and active vote (Postquam verus, § 6). In keeping with the provisions for promotion to nobility, illegitimates, even when legitimated by later marriage, are ineligible (ibid., § 12), also (ibid., § 16) the fathers of (living) legitimate children, nephews or cardinals, and (ibid., §§ 17, 18) those who are related to a cardinal in the first or second degree of consanguinity.

Most recent code Canon 351 specifically requires that a cardinal be at least in the order of priesthood at his appointment, and those who are not already bishops must receive episcopal consecration, save by dispensation from the Pope. Most of these dispensations have involved eminent theologians who are priests, such as was granted in 2001 to Avery Dulles.

So oops you do have to be ordained, but not already a Bishop to become a Cardinal, you become one when you become a cardinal.

Canon Law on the pontiff requires that if a layman or non-bishop is elected, he receives episcopal consecration from the Dean of the College of Cardinals before assuming the Pontificate.

Again don;t confuse what you must already be and what you become.

Answer 4

Not anyone can be a Pope. One must be Catholic and eligible to be ordained. One must be a bishop to be pope, and to be a bishop, one must be a priest. Therefore, only males can be pope.

BTW, to be a cardinal, one must first be a bishop. That was a change in canon law in the early nineties. Prior to that, yes, anyone could have been a cardinal.

Answer 5

No. They just want the correct person to take the job. If we have the right pope then we have the "right" way of living.

Answer 6

Sacreligious mockery. A sad sign of the times.

Answer 7

I didn't check your suggested site....but the fact is not anyone can be Pope.

There's probably a joke in there somewhere...I guess.

Answer 8

no considering you have to be voted in by many Cardinals

Answer 9

Very silly.