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The coming conclave: how the next pope will be chosen.(papal elections)
From:
Commonweal
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January 16, 2004| Author:
Bellitto, Christopher M.
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Somehow, talking about conclaves feels unseemly--even ghoulish--while John Paul II suffers so visibly. Still, we must talk about conclaves and what comes next, just as we should have those unsettling conversations about health-care proxies and wills. This conversation leads to and touches on the biggest ecclesiological issues of our time: the collegiality of bishops; the authority of the papacy and the bishops' role in the magisterium; and the shared governance and decision making ...
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