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To: thames_sider who wrote (18023)	7/17/2001 3:37:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 82486

JPII has appointed around 2/3 of the current cardinals, who get to, er, 'elect' the next Pope. Much scope for question there. Just ask any US RC who wants to divorce. The Pope cant stop anyone Roman Catholic or not from getting a divorce. No one has to be a member of the church and if they want to nominally be a member but not follow its rules he is also powerless to stop them. There is a big difference between the influence of someone like the Pope, and the power of a government that can shoot you. Popes used to have this power and in some places (at least the Taliban in Afganistan) religious leaders still do because they ARE the government or they fairly directly control it (which is effectively the same thing). But since neither the US nor England is a Catholic theocracy you don't have to worry about following the Popes ideas if you don't like them. Tim

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