Random Note- April 19, 2005
With 199 Cardinals representing 52 countries and six continents; the Papal Conclave is something of a miniature United Nations.
Except the Conclave has a purpose, agrees on the rules, and will produce a result.
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Correction: There are 183 members of the College of Cardinals. Only 117 of them are Cardinal-electors eligible to vote. (Under a new rule set up by John Paul II, only cardinals under the age of 80 are Cardinal-electors.)
Not to say that the smaller group is any less an example of your statement....
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April 19, 2005 11:33 AM