Cardinal Spills Secrets from Conclave

[tybee204]

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ROME — A cardinal has broken his vow of secrecy and released his diary describing the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI (search), revealing in an exceedingly rare account that a cardinal from Argentina was the main challenger and almost blocked Benedict's election.


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[Dark Knight]

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ROME — A cardinal has broken his vow of secrecy and released his diary describing the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI (search), revealing in an exceedingly rare account that a cardinal from Argentina was the main challenger and almost blocked Benedict's election.


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Very, very interesting (if accurate) but I don't like someone breaking their vow, either.

 

[Details]

Very interesting.

I dunno - I don't like secret practices either. Secrecy breeds unethical behavior.

 

[Schmerty_Jones]

Very interesting read! Thank you for the link.

 

[Linda7NJ]

:laugh:

Very interesting.

I dunno - I don't like secret practices either. Secrecy breeds unethical behavior.

They sure mastered the art of the shell game they managed to play with pedophile priests for so long!

 

[BillyGoatGruff]

Very interesting.

I dunno - I don't like secret practices either. Secrecy breeds unethical behavior.

The history of the papacy and papal elections are interesting indeed. Compared to the Old Days (like, say, of the Borgias and Macchavelli) this is nothing.