Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前Why are popes always really old?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down18
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhy are popes always really old?Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前message-square40fedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 个月前Actually any Catholic man could be Pope, but the cardinals usually pick one of their own.
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 个月前Usually pick one of their own == have never not picked one of their own, right?
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 个月前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.
minus-squarepolysexualstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 个月前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).
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 个月前Interesting, 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.