Word: pontiff
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...have advocated sweeping changes in the election of the Pope. In the heady atmosphere of the 1960s, when the Second Vatican Council was bringing change to so many other areas, enthusiasts envisioned elected delegations of bishops, priests, even lay men and women trooping to Rome to choose the next Pontiff. Others, more realistic, argued that the body of papal electors should be expanded to include the sort of worldwide sampling of bishops who attended the synods convened by Pope Paul...
...Apostolic Palace at about 7 p.m. on Aug. 25. Paul was so concerned with protecting secrecy that the customary aides to Cardinals, known as conclavists, will be banned. Each Cardinal will take a lengthy oath, swearing "inviolable secrecy about each and every matter concerning the election of the new Pontiff." When the Cardinals are literally locked within the walls and the quarters screened for any bugging devices devices ? another Pauline directive? the meeting will begin...
Italy has produced so many Popes partly because the Supreme Pontiff also serves as the Bishop of Rome. He must not only lead a catholic (that is, universal) church, but he must also be simpatico with the people of Rome and of Italy, to whom he is spiritual father. Would Romans applaud as enthusiastically for a Pakistani or a Canadian as he was borne down the main aisle of St. Peter's on the sedia gestatoria as they would for one of their own? A Vatican watcher points to the answer: "I don't know of one Italian Cardinal...
...since the Second Vatican Council, singles out two qualities that the new Pope must have: "pazienza e presenza, " the patience to deal with a pluralistic, decentralized church and the commanding presence to lead and guide. Similarly, U.S. Sociologist Father Andrew Greeley, in a detailed "job description" for the next Pontiff, concludes that he should be a "hopeful, holy man, who can smile, delegate responsibility and trust other human beings." If he is, Greeley observes, "it does not matter whether he is progressive or moderate...
Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli, 68. The most congenial and outgoing of the top tier of papal candidates, Pignedoli (pronounced Peen-yeh-doli) was Pope Paul's closest confrere among the Cardinals, a man whom the Pontiff most often chose for the concelebration of Mass, as a companion for trips abroad or to stand at his side for speeches from St. Peter's balcony. Ordained at 22, he has served in a wide range of jobs - including a harrowing tour as the first Italian navy chaplain to accompany a submarine crew into action in World War II. He earned...