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Offline Magdalene

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Meaning of the # of cardinals?
« on: April 04, 2007, 12:34:33 AM »
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    • What difference does the number of cardinals make? The number of cardinals used to be 70, but JPII increased them to 144. Is there an advantage to this?
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    Meaning of the # of cardinals?
    « Reply #1 on: April 04, 2007, 12:40:20 AM »
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    • My guess is that JPII wanted there to be more internationality in the college of cardinals and "fairness" among various nations to have a cardinal or more.
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