Marc Oullet

[DonCoquixote]

Pardon me,Pardon moi
It seems like Marc Oullet is a frotn runner to succeed Ratszinger as pope. Can any of you tell me about this guy?

[polly7]

1. I don't know anything about him other than a few years ago he

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caused a lot of outrage by saying abortion should be criminalized even in the case of rape. Politicians and womens' groups jumped all over him.

I just read this from The Globe and Mail:

Can former small-town boy from Quebec be a successor to St. Peter?

The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Feb. 11 2013, 4:07 PM EST

He once predicted that the next pontiff could come from Latin America, and he has often said he doesn’t want the job because its heavy responsibilities would be “a nightmare.”

And yet, from the moment a decade ago when he knelt to kiss John Paul II’s ring at his elevation to the College of Cardinals, there has been recurrent speculation that Marc Ouellet could one day be a successor to St. Peter. .....

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/can-former-small-town-boy-from-quebec-be-a-successor-to-st-peter/article8458514/

[arikara]

2. I wonder if they'll

pick somebody who's at least in the 20th century definitely too much to hope for that they'll go for the 21st.