A Motu Proprio
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules for electing a new pope, returning to the traditional requirement that two-thirds of the cardinals in the conclave agree on a candidate, the Vatican said Tuesday.
Pope John Paul II had altered the voting process in 1996, allowing the pope to be chosen by an absolute majority if the cardinals were unable to agree after several days of balloting in which a two-thirds majority was needed.
In a document released Tuesday, Benedict said he was returning to the traditional voting norm, essentially reversing John Paul's reform of the centuries-old process.
The brief document, written in Latin, was dated June 11 and signed by Benedict.
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It's not really interesting at all. The rule about a majority vote Pope JP II invented would only come into effect after the 34th unsuccesful vote. What my uncharitable mind worries about is Cardinals giving jesuitical answers to "Is the motu proprio (and y'all know which one I mean here) comming out soon?" According to so many "highly placed sources" the answer was always yes. Well here we have it....the motu proprio......
You are in a contrary mood today.
Go away if you can't be amusing.
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