Also, old people run everything these days
Comment on Why are popes always really old?
chirospasm@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
The short, easy answer: it typically takes a lifetime of service for the rest of the church to determine if they fit the bill to be Pope.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
stankcheez@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Also, the cardinals who choose the next pope typically don’t choose candidates who are only “moderately” old (in their 60s) b/c they might end up living with a pope they regret electing for 20+ years
TheFogan@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
You’d think there’s not much reason for that… I mean, the god they believe in famously selected a lot of unqualified crazy people. Noah an alchoholic, David couldn’t keep it in his pants, and had to arrange the death of one of his best soldiers to deal with it.