We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

God's ways will frequently baffle us but God's will is sufficiently clear to lead us in the meantime. God's ways may not be clear but our way is – at least enough of it to know what obedience requires. We may wait for God's providence but we already have God's law, and that is all we need for the moment.
Dale Ralph Davis

Election Of Popes

Election Of Popes

ELECTION OF POPES

BASIC R.C. BELIEFS The Bishop of Rome used to be chosen by the people of Rome, then by the priests. Since 1059 the electoral power for a pope has been restricted to Cardinals. For over 500 years, the choice has fallen on a Cardinal, although any Roman Catholic man who has come to the age of reason is eligible (EXTERNALS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Msgr. O’Sullivan, page 7). For many years the Papacy has been bestowed on an Italian; the last non-Italian Pope had been Dutch (Adrian VI) in 1522. On Nov. 16, 1978, a Pole, Karol Wojtyla, was elected and became Pope John Paul II.