jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoPope Francis Decries Populism and Says There’s a ‘Cancer’ Ailing Democracywww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down18
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minus-squareMagicShel@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoWell, how do you become Pope then?
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoHe is elected by a papal enclave, which is a gathering of the College of Cardinals.
minus-squareMagicShel@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 months agoListen. Strange men in tall hats is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical hat ceremony.
minus-squarePlastic_Ramses@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoYou mean hes not elected by some moistened bint throwing a pointy hat at him?
You don’t vote for Pope
Well, how do you become Pope then?
He is elected by a papal enclave, which is a gathering of the College of Cardinals.
Listen. Strange men in tall hats is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical hat ceremony.
You mean hes not elected by some moistened bint throwing a pointy hat at him?
God