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Originally Posted by Ninja
If memory serves the youngest cardinal is 54. They should let the pope retire when he gets as bad as ol' JP got, surly he couldn't have been furfilling his dutys with out serious help and interferance from those around him.
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Popes don't retire. Once elected, they're Pope till they die.
I like this system. Really drives home the importance of selecting a good guy. Can't just say "four more years!" like back home, the spiritual direction of an entire generation rests on this upcoming election.
Back to JP, I think it was pretty cool the way he kept going. Sure, he was pretty slow and doddering, but the man was on a mission, he wouldn't stop for any human frailties.
Me, I take a day off work if I get a cold. This might be why the world mourns his passing and nobody even sends me flowers for that cold.
Well, that and doing more to bring democracy to eastern Europe than just about anyone else. That might have helped