[lit-ideas] Re: pappa ratzi

  • From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:54:03 -0400

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

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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada 

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