i know that sounds stupid but i legitimately thought there was some ritual where they rolled bones and that was god picking the next pope. but the new one’s an american so i guess god doesn’t have anything to do with it
I mean once you get to the higher levels... Kinda?
Like that's the whole deal of the papacy. You get to tell people what God wants because if god didn't agree you wouldn't be pope, and that applies to the dudes who voted for you
To be clear, Catholics don't believe this is how ALL things work, but they do believe the Holy Spirit is guiding the Cardinals to choose the correct/best pope. (Or at least it's guiding 51% of them)
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Like that's the whole deal of the papacy. You get to tell people what God wants because if god didn't agree you wouldn't be pope, and that applies to the dudes who voted for you
Must be fun to be one of them dudes