VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian bishops were so convinced that one of their own would become pope that they sent a congratulatory message to the media thanking God for the election of a prelate from Milan.
The trouble was, the new pope had already been named as Argentinian cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.The secretary-general of the Italian conference, Monsignor Mariano Crociata, expressed "joy and thanks" to God for the election of Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan in a statement sent to reporters at 8:23 p.m. (3:23 p.m. ET) on Wednesday night.About 10 minutes earlier, Bergoglio had made his first appearance before the crowds in St. Peter's Square.At 9:08 p.m. (4:08 p.m. ET), the Italian bishops conference sent another statement thanking God for the election of the pope, but this time got the name right.In the days leading up the secret conclave, many Italian newspapers openly promoted Scola as the next pope.
with all that is going on in the Catholic Church today i still can't get around the process 115 guys who may or may not been one of the undiclosed more nefarious Cardinals or prior Bishops and just never was exposed or followed the doctrine and just shifted those who were from Parish to Parish, get to pick the Holiest of the Holy?
if winners and losers are presumed doesn't that take the Godliness out and put the assumption of man in?
