Uhm, pretty sure being a baptized Catholic is pretty much the only requirement…
From Wikipedia:
The pope does not need to be a cardinal elector or indeed a cardinal; since the pope is the bishop of Rome, only those who can be ordained a bishop can be elected, which means that any male baptized Catholic is eligible.
They once made a monk Pope I know, I’m not sure if he was also a priest. Certainly wasn’t a cardinal though I think that was one of the arguments in favor of him.
Guys. Joe Biden is Catholic. The Vatican has an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Pope Brandon I
Oh shit.
Pope Fabian Ⅱ
It’s a funny thought, but he’s not a cardinal or even a priest. Not just any Catholic can be Pope.
Uhm, pretty sure being a baptized Catholic is pretty much the only requirement…
From Wikipedia:
So just any guy, even if he isn’t Christian, can be baptised in the morning and then get appointed pope in the afternoon?
Technically. Being a cardinal is an unwritten requirement seeing as they, with very few exceptions, have preferred to elect a cardinal to be pope.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-cardinals_elected_pope
Let’s go. Pope Biden can be the seventh.
actually in theory yes any catholic can be pope.
in practice, however…
Actually officially any male catholic can be pope, it’s just in practice cardinals always choose one of their own
He is probably younger than most of the other candidates.
They once made a monk Pope I know, I’m not sure if he was also a priest. Certainly wasn’t a cardinal though I think that was one of the arguments in favor of him.
Psh, details, shmetails.