Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhy are popes always really old?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down19
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhy are popes always really old?Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 days agoActually any Catholic man could be Pope, but the cardinals usually pick one of their own.
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoUsually pick one of their own == have never not picked one of their own, right?
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoIt happened six times: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-cardinals_elected_pope Pope Urban VI was the last to have been elected without having been a cardinal, in 1378.
minus-squarepolysexualstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoNo. There were 6 popes who hadn’t been cardinals. Although it’s been a few hundred years since the last one (Urban VI., elected in 1378).
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoInteresting, I didn’t know that. I was gonna say it certainly hasn’t been any of the recent ones.
Actually any Catholic man could be Pope, but the cardinals usually pick one of their own.
Usually pick one of their own == have never not picked one of their own, right?
It happened six times: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-cardinals_elected_pope
Pope Urban VI was the last to have been elected without having been a cardinal, in 1378.
No. There were 6 popes who hadn’t been cardinals. Although it’s been a few hundred years since the last one (Urban VI., elected in 1378).
Interesting, I didn’t know that. I was gonna say it certainly hasn’t been any of the recent ones.