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**piperdbh** · 1st March 13, 10:42 AM

Only a Catholic man can be elected Pope, which knocks me out of the running, too. He doesn't have to be a cardinal, or even a bishop, although the last several Popes (I don't know exactly how many) have been cardinals.
I think a cassock made from the St. Ninian's tartan would be quite smashing.

**McClef** · 1st March 13, 12:04 PM

This is skating on thin Rule #5 ice but because it's meant to be humourous has been moved to Craig's Corner.

**Father Bill** · 1st March 13, 01:13 PM

Yes, I'm Anglican, but I think their rules are that the cardinals can elect anyone they want. My rules are that they can't elect me!

I was thinking a cassock in clergy tartan might be nice. Maybe we ought to make one up and send it off to the new office-holder when elected.

Which won't be me, even in tartan!

**Phil** · 1st March 13, 02:17 PM

But can you live up to these Scottish credentials?

**Father Bill** · 1st March 13, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Phil

But can you live up to these Scottish credentials?

Well, I do have a cope similar to his>

**McClef** · 1st March 13, 02:30 PM

As a factual statement, the Cardinal Electors may elect any baptised male Catholic in theory but in practice it will only be another Cardinal who is actually present in the Conclave.

Whether they go for one who is tartan tootin only time will tell.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 1st March 13, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

As a factual statement, the Cardinal Electors may elect any baptised male Catholic in theory but in practice it will only be another Cardinal who is actually present in the Conclave.

Whether they go for one who is tartan tootin only time will tell.

That is correct, though I'd add the caveat that the baptized Catholic male would otherwise have to meet the requirements for ordination. The last time a non-ordained person was elected to the papacy was in 1271 when Bl. Gregory X (Teobaldo Visconti) was elected, who at the time was not a priest.