New Pope Elected

[FlyingJesus]

First Pope from outside of Europe

and how fit is Jean-Louis Tauran mmmmmmmmm

[Ardemax]

Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina.

[sex]

First South American Pope.

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Pope Francis the first?????? i dunno if i heard the number right lol

[FlyingJesus]

Yeah First, he seems pretty decent he's the one who rejects limos and stuff and just walks places instead and he's all into charity etc

[AlexJRiley]

How young can a cardinal be? Me and @Bolt660; were talking about this, is there an age restriction? Could we in theory get an 18 year old pope?

[MKR&*42]

How young can a cardinal be? Me and @Bolt660; were talking about this, is there an age restriction? Could we in theory get an 18 year old pope?

Don't think there's a restriction but they consider experience massively ofc, so a 18 yr old Pope is incredibly unlikely.

[AlexJRiley]

Don't think there's a restriction but they consider experience massively ofc, so a 18 yr old Pope is incredibly unlikely.

I thought it was like 50 or something, but an 18 year old pope is possible, even if the odds are like 10,000,000,000,000,000 to 1

[Ardemax]

I thought it was like 50 or something, but an 18 year old pope is possible, even if the odds are like 10,000,000,000,000,000 to 1

Not possible. CGPGrey explained that you have to become like a priest then bishop then head bishop then cardinal then voted in as pope, or something.

Also Pope's tend to have like 9 thousand degrees in philosophy.

[Aaron]

Nice to see a Pope from outside of Europe, best wishes to him.

I do hope he does a good job.

[GommeInc]

How young can a cardinal be? Me and @Bolt660; were talking about this, is there an age restriction? Could we in theory get an 18 year old pope?

Pope Benedict IX was between the age of 11 and 20 when he was chosen, and Pope John XII was around 18. Young Popes can exist, but it's tradition to choose someone much older these days.

Back when Popes could be young, they were chosen through their power and relationship to previous Popes. Rich European families could exercise their influence to get a relative or head of the household into the Papacy. The Medici and the Borgia were two families that had a good handful of Popes. The Medici family had Papal relatives which died between the ages of 45 to 69 - Pope Leo X was 45 when he died, so he was a middle-aged Pope.

You didn't need to be that educated, either. Education was for the rich, and even then the rich could get away without a real education. Provided a potential Pope has power and wealth, they could easily become Pope without really becoming a Bishop or anyone of great power within the Catholic Church.

They may choose older Cardinals to become Popes because life expectancy has increased a lot more, so age and wisdom can go hand in hand together.