what the heck happened because they didn't mean to vote for him but it was the Holy Spirit's prompting that made them do it?
2007-07-10 11:49:53 · 8 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL! I would guess that the answer is yes!
2007-07-10 11:52:46 · answer #1 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. I'm sure they all intended to vote for who they voted for. I read a book a while back called, I think "Popesa" about a nun who worked for the Pope, I think Pius XII who became so influential that she could have been the Pope. The book pointed out that there is quite a lot of campaigning during the Conclave--more than the Cardinals/Pope would like to admit.
I'm sure the Holy Spirit inspires they're votes as he inspired the writing of the Bible, but that doesn't mean that humans don't play an active role in it.
Many of us are not at all happy with Ratzinger's election since he is an extreme conservative when it comes to the Church. The Latin Mass, now "thumbing his nose" at other Christian rites/religions. What's next? Sure, I've been known to write the "one true religion" stuff but only when some Fundamentalist or other actually claims that we Catholics aren't Christians. That's pretty absurd! Otherwise, I'd prefer to focus on our similarities and not our differences.
2007-07-10 18:57:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can only have one Pope at a time and for the Church to preserve any kind of political balance a liberal pope must be succeeded by a conservative pope. There is no other way in the long run to maintain political equilibrium. We had John-Paul II for 25 years; many felt he went too far. Not all Catholics are liberal and the Church is for all,not just American Catholics or liberals. Conservative Catholics for the most part withheld public criticism of John-Paul II and I think we should return the courtesy. I am not personally very pleased with the current news but I can live with it. I don't imagine conservatives were happy with the previous Pope's condemnation of the death penalty. We must be fair to all.
2007-07-10 19:05:41 · answer #3 · answered by Galahad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cardinals are a pretty conservative group. They had a fairly liberal Pope for a long time, and it's no surprise that they went with someone more conservative this time. But yes, I'm sure most of them thought it was the Holy Spirit prompting them. Maybe God missed the Latin mass too.
2007-07-10 18:54:41 · answer #4 · answered by TG 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Despite my initial fears, thus far he hasn't turned out to be the second coming of Paul IV. But then again that might be because the church's political reach isn't what it was in the 16th Century. It does seem, however, that he had the confidence of John Paul II. That is a positive.
2007-07-10 19:03:59 · answer #5 · answered by Casey 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Very strange indeed. God ignored the death camps, but promoted an ex Nazi !
2007-07-10 18:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Um...what?
2007-07-10 18:55:07 · answer #7 · answered by papadego 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was a Hitler Youth
HAAAAAAAAA - the pope was a NAZI
2007-07-10 18:57:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋