Going back before the middle ages, the New Testament epistles include the verses: "Anyone who strives to be a bishop aspires to a noble task." and "A bishop should be married only once." The epistles also contain "...the mystery of iniquity is already at work." The whole dimension of celibacy also includes the fulfulliment of pulling off the
'final scam' mentioned in Daniel: "...a king, strengthened, but not by his own force." Even if this king desired to
be pope, tradition, aside from dispensation, would limit his nature to marry. But in order to mold a person into
shape to be a king outside of his own strength, Newsweek, nor Oprah, have even touched upon the details of this
current event. I know, because I am that king, the "Antichrist", yet I remain the Prophet of the Most High, the
resurrected John, there is even a cave named after me, now. My surname is Edward Palamar and I have tried to
communicate these things to the general public at various times. The quatrain of Nostradamus in Centuries, Book II,
#13 sums the 'hyper-physics' of what happened at the time of my death in the 1st century A.D. But since 1956, I have
a horror story to tell. On one occasion, all my limbs were detached from my body, including my head - this was in
c.1966 A.D. My left leg was off at another time previous. Both my hands were severed from my arms via an axe in
another separate incident, and again after that. I survived a head on crash with the combined speeds of the vehicles
in excess of 80 mph (before the days of mandatory seat-belts). I have been dumped in a sewer, been shot in the mouth with a shot-gun, shot in the head with a .22, a .38, a 30.06, shot in the back, in the femur, in the liver, in the
heart with a .45, dropped out of an airplane. Yet, I will be your next 'pope'. The question is, would you like to
hear the Concerto for Piano, Op. 59 by M. Moszkowski, performed by that same 'pope' (Petrus Romanus), by that same resurrected soul, by that same king? What do you say?
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What happens to the Roman Catholic Church (and who comes next) if anything happens to Pope Benedict.
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How a Bavarian boy, once a German army soldier, rose to lead the Catholic Church
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When Pope Benedict XVI broke his wrist in the middle of the night last week, the world was reminded rather suddenly of his age (82), his potential frailty, and the possibility that, some time in the not too distant future, the Roman Catholic Church could be looking once again to choose a new Successor of Peter.
Thankfully, for many Catholics, the accident was pretty minor. The pope apparently fell in his bedroom during the early hours Friday morning, getting up in the dark to use the bathroom. Characteristically, he didn't make a fuss and didn't call his assistants but went straight back to bed. Only when he came down for mass in the morning did he tell anyone what had happened. His personal physician, Patrizio Polisca, ordered him to the hospital, where doctors surgically repaired a fracture in the pope's right wrist.
But Benedict is one of the oldest men to have become pontiff. And he keeps an exhausting schedule. What if something more serious were to happen to him? Who could his potential successors be? Drawing up a list is never easy, but a roster of papabili, or "popeable" candidates, might look something like this:
Cardinal Angelo Scola
Patriarch of Venice, Italy
The son of a truck driver, Scola is the bookies' favorite. He is well regarded for his energetic preaching and theological expertise. An eminent scholar, he has striven to find ways to avoid a "clash of civilizations" by building a forum for dialogue between the West and Islam. If elected, the 67-year-old would follow three patriarchs of Venice who went on to become pope in the 20th century: Pius X, John XXIII, and John Paul I.
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco
Archbishop of Genoa, Italy
A firm and loyal friend of the pontiff, Bagnasco, 66, has emerged as a doughty yet soft-spoken leader of the church in Italy. His meteoric rise is taken as a testament to his abilities. Benedict appointed him archbishop of Genoa in August 2006, then chose him to head the Italian bishops' conference a year later and elevated him to cardinal. He has often vigorously defended the pope in the face of controversy.
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