Editor’s Note: Previous to these nominations, the list of Cardinals eligible to vote in the next Conclave was as found here: http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc1.html — That list should be updated in about a week.
The consoling thought about the College of Cardinals, is that 95% of those still eligible to vote for the next Pope were born before Vatican II. An amazing untold fact, which will undoubtedly be the cause of a big surprise in the next Conclave.
Just when it appears all is lost…an oasis in the desert .
I am curious about something, he has appointed an awful lot of new cardinals over the years, doesn’t one have to either die or resign in order for a new one to be appointed or can he just add as many as he wants?
A pope cam add as many as he wants, and he seems so eager about it, that I suspect someone is paying for each nomination, that is, the different cliques in the Church are each trying to buy as many as they can.