Indicative of the prevailing sentiment held by the vast majority of Catholic hierarchy.
Pope Benedict XVI was elected by an overwhelming majority of his fellow cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, possibly rallying an impressive 100 out of 115 votes, Italy's La Repubblica has reported.
But citing Vatican sources, La Repubblica said the German-born Pope won the support of far more cardinals than the strict two-thirds majority needed to be elected.
"It was easy to elect him," the newspaper quoted Mexican Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan as saying.
Hmmm, seems to me I remember reading in either an AP or Reuters article that the choice was extremely difficult. I believe the term "tortured decision" was used.
Thursday, April 21, 2005
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