With the recent papal conclave, I wondered this...
What If Joseph Ratzenberger WASN'T voted Pope? What would the implications for the church be in the ATL?
As you may know, Ratzenberger's rule was one of a dubious one.
What are your thoughts about this?
Who do you suggest instead?
In the 2005 conclave, Carlo Maria Martini received a plurality of the votes on the first ballot. Behind Ratzinger was Camillo Ruini. The rest of the votes were dispersed. So one of them, perhaps? Though of course, Martini was sort of a liberal by Church standards.
With the recent papal conclave, I wondered this...
What If Joseph Ratzenberger WASN'T voted Pope? What would the implications for the church be in the ATL?
As you may know, Ratzenberger's rule was one of a dubious one.
What are your thoughts about this?
You seem to be confusing modern American politics with the inner workings of the Vatican. Economically, the Church is far left. Pope Benedict for instance was a big supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States and has pressured Catholic nations to increase their use of green technologies. Socially, the Church is far right except on the death penalty. They view that life is sacred above all things.
It is a reversal of the "social liberal, economic conservative" position that seems to be popular in America.
In the 2005 conclave, Carlo Maria Martini received a plurality of the votes on the first ballot. Behind Ratzinger was Camillo Ruini. The rest of the votes were dispersed. So one of them, perhaps? Though of course, Martini was sort of a liberal by Church standards.
You must always be carefull with conclave results, because we will never knew the full truth. Some other scource claim that Martini just got 9 votes in the first ballot. Okay, we also can´t confirm this, but personally I think the La Stampa results sound very doubtfull. Her Martini 40 - Ratzinger 38 results sound for me very much like: ITALY YEAH ITALY.
But many sources say that Ratzingers last serious opponent in the last two ballots was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Bergoglio. An Argentinian of italian heritage wouldn´t be the worse choice.
Very ironic considering who just got elected Pope. Perhaps he gets elected in 2005 instead?
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In the 2005 conclave, Carlo Maria Martini received a plurality of the votes on the first ballot.
Wow, that makes me feel oldI don't know, I was 13 in 2005, but my first guess was the one who came just second,, Angelo Sodano.