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From: djdaneh@pacbell.com (Dan'l DanehyOakes)
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Subject: Re: Keith Drake Sez Peter could not be a pope
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Date: 30 Jan 91 08:46:11 GMT
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In article <Jan.25.23.25.34.1991.1135@athos.rutgers.edu> dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes:
>In article <Jan.24.03.52.22.1991.26911@athos.rutgers.edu>, djdaneh@pacbell.com (Dan'l DanehyOakes) writes: 
>>If Peter had lived in modern times he could not be pope because he was Jewish,
>>for that matter.  What do modern times have to do with it?
>
>Actually, according to canon law, _anyone_ can be Pope. They
>needn't be a priest or celibate or male or Catholic for that
>matter...

All true, but you see I was making leetle joke about RCC politics.  The
chances of a Jewish convert being elected to the Papacy are slightly better
than those of a woman being elected.

Slightly.
The Roach