On 12/02/2013 08:47, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yeah but most have either died in the job or been too ill to carry on when
they went. I sometimes wonder what the point of the Pope is in fact. This
has to be one of the last things still existing from a bygone age. maybe
they should hold elections of all Catholics to find the next one.

In theory, any baptised male Catholic can be elected, although, in
practice, it is very unlikely to be anybody who is not a Cardinal.

Tony Blair
maybe?

He already thinks he is God, so it would be a demotion.

Colin Bignell