Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhy are popes always really old?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down18
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhy are popes always really old?Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·18 hours agoActually any Catholic man could be Pope, but the cardinals usually pick one of their own.
minus-squareLibra00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agoUsually pick one of their own == have never not picked one of their own, right?
minus-squarepolysexualstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours 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-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours 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.
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?
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).
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.