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To: sea_urchin who wrote (22856)	4/9/2005 4:54:53 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81109

Re: But see who is THE favourite -- the man from Africa. Condi baby is going to have her hands full. Don't bet the farm on it --clue: But there are some who say Cardinal Arinze is an intellectual lightweight - that he parrots John Paul and would be out of his depth with world leaders. "He is seen as not especially creative, an unoriginal thinker," said Mr Allen. But Ian Linden, a former director of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, said it was not necessary for a pope to be an outstanding intellectual - "especially since Arinze has been careful to keep highly skilled intellectuals around him". A more serious concern is his political antennae. Some audiences have given his words standing ovations, but others have been infuriated and bewildered. There were protests at Georgetown University in the US when he seemed to equate homosexuality with pornography, fornication and adultery. In a lesser-known incident in London, he insisted that altar girls should remain immobile during mass. But such conservatism wins support from potential kingmakers such as Cardinal Ratzinger, while his championing of human rights, debt relief and tolerance for other religions plays well with some progressives. In the book of interviews published this week, Cardinal Arinze says: "I will not manoeuvre, I will not do politicking, I will not try to arrange my future." Admirers say he is humble. Cynics say he "does" humble. Either way, papal electors love humble. guardian.co.uk Well, if the above last sentence is any guide, Mgr Arinze got pipped at the post by Mgr Lustiger --indeed, how can one be "humbler" than a 78-year-old, RETIRED, self-effacing archbishop????