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Originally posted by kddani
I am surprised that they named one so old. He's 78.
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There was actually a lot of speculation that the cardinals would do just that -- after a 26-year papacy, many thought they would want a "caretaker pope" rather than another potentially long papacy.
The new pope is, indeed, conservative, but probably not that much more so than John Paul II. He was one of JPII's right-hand men. He was also one of only 3 (I think) cardinals who was not made a cardinal by JPII. He was made a cardinal by Paul VI, and before that was a participant in Vatican II.
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