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"A majority of the under-80 members of the present College of
Cardinals were chosen by Pope Benedict XVI, and it seems his principal
criterion was that they largely shared most of those theological
positions that he considered of primary importance. But that said,
there seem to be many differences of views and emphases among them,
some of which may have important political consequences. So it is far
from certain who will emerge as the next Pope and what will be the
worldwide political consequences of this choice.
It is extremely doubtful that we would get another John XXIII. But
then it was extremely doubtful that we would have gotten the first
John XXIII. In an electoral system that bears some structural
similarities with that of the Vatican, i.e., China's, we were all
uncertain, and to some extent still are, what will be the consequences
of recent choices of the next round of leaders.
One thing to notice is that even those prominent Catholics who have
been most harshly treated by the Church or who are most disillusioned
with the state of the Church -- I am thinking of Frei Betto in Brazil,
Ernesto Cardenal in Nicaragua, Hans Küng in Germany, or Garry Wills in
the United States -- do not reject their membership in the Church.
They persist in trying to transform it, or in their view to return it
to its original and true mission.
The rest of us can no more "give up" on the Vatican than we can give
up on China or the United States or anywhere else that is a site of
human endeavor and potential social transformation."
Immanuel Wallerstein, Should
Non-Catholics Care Who is Named Pope?
http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=2980
Cardinals were chosen by Pope Benedict XVI, and it seems his principal
criterion was that they largely shared most of those theological
positions that he considered of primary importance. But that said,
there seem to be many differences of views and emphases among them,
some of which may have important political consequences. So it is far
from certain who will emerge as the next Pope and what will be the
worldwide political consequences of this choice.
It is extremely doubtful that we would get another John XXIII. But
then it was extremely doubtful that we would have gotten the first
John XXIII. In an electoral system that bears some structural
similarities with that of the Vatican, i.e., China's, we were all
uncertain, and to some extent still are, what will be the consequences
of recent choices of the next round of leaders.
One thing to notice is that even those prominent Catholics who have
been most harshly treated by the Church or who are most disillusioned
with the state of the Church -- I am thinking of Frei Betto in Brazil,
Ernesto Cardenal in Nicaragua, Hans Küng in Germany, or Garry Wills in
the United States -- do not reject their membership in the Church.
They persist in trying to transform it, or in their view to return it
to its original and true mission.
The rest of us can no more "give up" on the Vatican than we can give
up on China or the United States or anywhere else that is a site of
human endeavor and potential social transformation."
Immanuel Wallerstein, Should
Non-Catholics Care Who is Named Pope?
http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=2980
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