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[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Sands: [QB] Nim: not so much that he was unlikely to win so much as his short suit being relations with Islam and ecumenism, both critical problems for the church right now. However, he has a lot of long suits to match: street cred for fighting radical materialistic secularism, militant relativism, and experience in cleaning up the church's hierarchy. (On the latter, his latest task was working on the sex abuse scandels. Expect to see him going at the filth there very quickly.) Topher: correct on a short papacy. B16 has a family history of heart problems, and he's 78. The odds are very against a 20 year pontificate. However, with medical technology getting so good, I think the idea some people have a 5-10 year one ought to consider a strong possibility of a 10-15 year one. Aban: obnoxious if you mean he won't back down on core teachings that the church is simply not going to give way on (however you feel on them). The man himself, though, is said to be pretty humble. Very academic. He wrote only about 190 books (yes, one hundred ninety; I have to check on the exact figure). I only learned yesterday he had been begging JP2 for years to let him resign as Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. The late pope would not allow it. Topher (again): powerful office indeed. JP2 had a hand in bringing down the evil empire. Although taking down Darth Brehnev and his successors, perhaps he should have been called Jedi Master Karwo Kawad. ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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