Mystery Cardinal Could Be Revealed

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Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

10 thoughts on “Mystery Cardinal Could Be Revealed”

  2. Does anyone have any idea where I can find a list/disucssion of “orthodox Cardinals”? I wanna know who to root for!

  3. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I thought canon law stated that if a cardinal is made “in pectore” but the name isn’t revealed when the pope dies, then that he doesn’t count as a cardinal?
    –arthur

  4. Canon 351 ยง3 sez:
    “When the Roman Pontiff has announced the selection of a person to the dignity of cardinal but reserves the name of the person in pectore, the one promoted is not bound in the meantime by any of the duties of cardinals nor does he possess any of their rights. After the Roman Pontiff has made his name public, however, he is bound by the same duties and possesses the same rights; he possesses the right of precedence, though, from the day of reservation in pectore.”
    If JPII left the name in a document so as to make it public after his death (e.g., because he wanted to make sure the guy got a chance to vote in the conclave) then that would seem to count as the pope making the name public. I don’t think anybody would challenge it if the authenticity of the document was not in doubt.

  5. If he’s Chinese, then revealing his name will cause him and anyone he associates with or ministers to to face torture and possibly death by inhumane measures.
    It would then be very dangerous for us to speculate who was selected before Rome is good and ready to make it known. For the sake of the innocent suffering, we must exercise prudence.

  7. Wouldn’t it be cool if the mystery cardinal was an undercover priest working in Mecca?

  8. Really? I heard that Bill Clinton wanted it just in case he didn’t get to be the head of the UN.

  9. We don’t need to know who the orthodox cardinals are to pray for them. Just pray. God will know.
    And remember that the Holy Spirit will not let a Pope teach falsehood.

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