Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy are popes always really old?message-squaremessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down17
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhy are popes always really old?Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoActually any Catholic man could be Pope, but the cardinals usually pick one of their own.
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoUsually pick one of their own == have never not picked one of their own, right?
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.