Can the Pope be of any race or country?
I heard that the Pope is from Germany and not the Vatican or Italy. If someone lives in Canada or Brazil or any other place in the world, are they able to be the Pope? Or do they have to live within a certain area?
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As long as they are a Roman Catholic male, yes. They can be from any country in the world.
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the Pope is not required to be of a certain origin or ethnicity. however most of them are of the senile and sterile groups. which explains why Catholics pray to the statue of a dead woman.
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It helps if he is Roman Catholic.
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Yes any catholic can be the pope. And there have been 3 popes of African birth. * Pope Victor I (189 to 199) * Pope Miltiades (310/311 to 314) * Pope Gelasius I (492 to 496)
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Yes the Pope csan be of any race or country, as long as he is white and from Europe. Most Popes in history were Italian. In the end its all politics, the bishops elect the Pope, and the bishopry is controlled by Europeans.
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All popes must be of the HUMAN RACE, no matter their country of origin.
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as long as they're a roman catholic - and male, bleh - then yeah
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Yes. Anyone from any country in the world can be a Catholic. And the Pope is a Catholic.
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yes of course they can,as long as they are either nazi's,italian,mafia members,or gay! no problem
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Yes, but not any gender.
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The Pope is elected by the Cardinals on the death of the encumbent. and yes, the Pope can be of any race from any country, with the devotion to his faith the number one consideration.
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Yes. The Pope can be of any race or country. Simon Peter was from the Middle East. There have been three African popes (so far): • St. Victor I (189-199) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15408a.htm • St. Melchiades (311-314) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10318a.htm • St. Gelasius (492-496) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06406a.htm There have been six Syrian popes: • Anicetus • Constantine • Gregory III • John V • Sergius I • Sisinnius There have also been 8 Greek and 2 Spanish Popes. http://www.rc.net/africa/catholicafrica/saints.htm http://www.rcan.org/bca/saintslist.htm http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/earlyblacksaints.pg3.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Popes_by_nationality With love in Christ.
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Yes they can be from any country or race. They must be Roman Catholic... They must be a cardinal in the Catholic hierarchy. As a matter of fact we had 3 African popes. And also in the last pope election the other candidate who had the 2nd most votes before Pope Benedict was a Brazilian cardinal. The leader of the Brazilian committee of bishops.
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