Friday, February 28, 2025
Black or White
It does matter if you are Black or White as the next Pope will be white. Papal election is allleged to be divine intercession of God that is chosen and channelised through the college of Cardinals. Does this mean God is a racist? For hundreds of years the Pope has always been white? So does that mean the Black, Brown and Yellow are less intelligent, less holy, less liked by God? Or less liked by the Church or the Catholic laity? Is it a cartel that dictates?
Are other races only lyrics of a hymn, 'Walking with the Lord', where a stanca of the song reads as follows:
Hand in hand with everyone,
We're walking, walking,
Black and white and brown,
Together, walking, walking,
Singing new songs now,
Living new lives,
Building new bridges,
Walking distanct miles,
We' we're walking with the Lord.
Even here the yellow race is missing or is it they don't fit into the tune of the hymn or the tune of the Church? Why is the Papal election exclusively conducted and decided by a College of Cardinals? Why can't every country that has a Catholic Population send a clergy. The representative does not have to be a Cardinal? Did Jesus choose his disciples through a College of Intellectuals? Was there a chimney which gave out Black or White smoke, when he declared Peter as the rock of the Church? Even smoke emitted from the chimney is Black or White? If it is black smoke the Pope is not yet declared and if it white the Pope is declared? Why not reverse the color? Or have other colors of smoke? Had Michael Jackson been alive, he would have another album Black or White 2. Where one of the lyrics would state, "You can be my Pope, but it does matter if you are Black or White."
This time Papal conclave 138 of 252 cardinals are eligible to participate. What are the ratio of races? It's a no brainer? To even conclude which race will be the Pope, one does not even need a brain? The Papal election should change. Every country should have a clergy appointed who can be decided to become the Pope. Let the countries be decided by a lot. Let the appointment of a Papal candidate in every country be a decision with involves the laity. The laity should not be used only as a pay and pray contributing to the piggy bank of the Church.
Don't restrict the Papal candidate to be a Bishop or Cardinal. Let it be even just a priest. Imagine if Fr. Stan Swamy was alive would Indian Catholic Church especially the laity not have voted him unanimously? If Jesus could choose ordinary fishermen to be his disciples, why can't it not be an ordinary priest? Instead of the age limit for Papal candidency of 80 years, restrict the age limit to 60 or 70 for normal life longevity.
Why not a Nun be a Pope? If Mary could be the Mother of God, can not a Nun be a leader of the Catholic Church?
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