At 02:01 PM 4/20/2005, you wrote: >Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 6:53:44 PM, Paul Stone wrote: > >PS> This guy's already 78. Is he ANYTHING but just a transitional 'rebound' >PS> figurehead? What does his selection tell us about the state of the papacy? >PS> Is it starting to retain as much relevance as ELiz. Windsor? > >Nope -- she can't do any real harm, "God's Rottweiler" can. What power does the Pope ACTUALLY wield? This is a serious question since I don't know and can't really find out very easily. And... does it extend to ANYONE other than devout Catholics? paul ########## Paul Stone pas@xxxxxxxx Kingsville, ON, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html