What Qualities Would You Like to See in the Next Pope?
Pope Benedict XVI will retire Thursday, and the process to select his successor will begin. What qualities would you like to see in the next pope.
At 8 p.m. Thursday in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI will become the first pope in more than 600 years to retire.
The cardinals of the Roman Catholic church are currently meeting in Rome this week to bid farewell to Pope Benedict as well as to decide when the conclave will begin to elect the next pope.
The church has said it plans to have a new pope in place before Easter on March 31.
Speculation has already started on who might be the next pope, including Cardinal Sean O'Malley of the Archdiocese of Boston.
In St. Clair Shores there is a large Catholic community with five parishes including St. Germaine, St. Gertrude, St. Isaac Jogues, St. Joan of Arc, St. Lucy and St. Margaret of Scotland.
What issues in the Roman Catholic Church would you like to see the next pope address? What qualities would you like to see in the next pope? Let us know in the comments section.
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St. Germaine Campus
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St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church and School
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St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
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St. Lucy Catholic Church
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St. Margaret of Scotland Church
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Edward Cardenas
4:43 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
What qualities would you like to see in the next pope? Do you think an American has a chance to be selected?
Colin Kirkpatrick
6:12 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
The next pope should have a sense of reality, in relation to matters of today and what the "common people" need in a world fraught with problems.
The next pope will not be black and will come from within Europe