A very special birthday to a very special man — who until last year was the ‘man with no birthday‘.
I, of course, felt BAD for him. Everybody should have a birthday. So, I assigned him, ‘April 1’, a very special day for I, as his official birthday. NO, he was NOT gracious enough to thank me. {But, I did not expect it from him.}
Well, it appears that he, MIRACULOUSLY, discovered his Birth Certificate. He claims that it got erroneously filed — of all places — Hawaii. Yes, his birth certificate, he claims, was found in Hawaii. You go figure.
The Vatican had initially assumed that the birth certificate pegged his birthday as December 31, 1944.
Ooops! NO. Big Mistake. He is much, much, much youger.
His birth certificate supposedly says he was born December 31, 1954. He is still just a baby. Just 70 years old.
I have been told that he has recently informed the Vatican that he intends to use December 31, 2024, as his birthday.
Just As I Had Predicted.
He is gaming the system & he is compromising the integrity of the next conclave — IF it happens in 2024.
We all know that there was NO WAY — NO WAY — that is birthday just happened to be the last day of the year.
IF he was due a pension on turning 80, he, obviously a born grifter, would have claimed his birthday was January 1, 2024.
He is a disgrace.
He is NO ‘Mandela‘. He is NO ‘Tutu‘. He is an ‘Idi’. I will, from now, insist on calling him Idi.
He is NOT a gentleman. He is not an upright man. He is just a Catholic Cardinal — in the mold of the corrupt, wordly Renaissance Cardinals. I feel bad for some of his flock. But, they wouldn’t understand. They wouldn’t care.
Because of Cardinal Idi any 2024 Conclave can be deemed invalid. So any pope elected in a 2024 conclave could be classed an ANTIPOPE. Thanks to Cardinal Idi we could have a valid SCHISM in 2024.
Thanks Idi. I hope you feel very proud of yourself.
I will tell any & all of this to his face. I would love to have a dialog with him. Give me an e-mail. I will e-mail him pronto.
A very special birthday to a very special man — until this year, the ‘man with no birthday‘. Thank Francis, Trump & God that is now history. He finally has a birthday, a very very becoming one at that, April 1. This will also be his last birthday as a cardinal elector. Next year he will turn 80 on April 1, 2024 (Kenya time).
Happy Birthday Cardinal. Have a ball. You earned it.
I am in NO WAY saying that this is the earliest known birthday for a cardinal.
I am ONLY documenting this because I happened to, serendipitously, stumble upon it last night. I was NOT doing a systematic search. I was just PECKING around seeing what I may find. I started with those created in the 14th century because I KNEW the birthdate of one cardinal from that era, Dec. 31, 1378. That was a famous Spanish ‘Borja’ cardinal who went onto become ‘Callistus III‘ in 1455. I had a hunch that I would have better luck with French cardinals. He was the 2nd I happened to click on. SHEER chance. I haven’t looked any further.
There could be EARLIER birthdays. I do NOT know. I haven’t looked, I am NOT going to go looking. Don’t have the time.
So, this is just to serve as a marker in the sand. We have 1299. We are looking for earlier.
This topic as to the birthdays of cardinals came about because of my, just, annoyance that we, in 2023, have a cardinal without a DESIGNATED birthday. That is a disgrace. So here we have it. We know the birthday of a cardinal born in 1299, BUT we permit one born in 1944 to strut about, like a peacock, saying “I don’t have a birthday“. It is so stupid.
I do NOT buy it for a minute. It is just an AFFECTATION on his part. Shame on the Catholic Church for indulging him in his petty deception.
There is a CRUCIAL reason that he has to have a BIRTHDAY — particularly NOW!
He was born in 1944. Next year he turns 80, thus becoming a non-elector. When will that happen? December 31, 2024. Heck NO. That is NOT fair. That is NOT right.
Just tell us what is on his passport.
He couldn’t have got a passport without stating a birthdate. Not possible. IF he doesn’t know it he would be told to assume one.
Well, I am assigning one to him as of now: April 1, 1944.
He thinks he can continue to fool us. Well he can fool the ever gullible & feckless Catholic Church BUT I am not buying his nonsense. As far as I am concerned April 1 is the PERFECT birthday for him.
When he was created a cardinal in August 2022 I thought he was (at 71) a tad too young to be papabile. I still think that he is a couple of years too young, BUT for this one possibility — & that is IF Pope Francis resigns. While I do not want him to resign & there are some who are adamant that Francis has too much of an ego & AN AGENDA to entertain resignation, I am reluctant to totally rule it out. While it is no secret that Francis loves being pope, I also think (possibly wrongly) that he is getting increasingly frustrated by having to constantly appear in public looking physically enfeebled. I think that also plays to his ego. He doesn’t want to be remembered as this doddering, wheelchair bound pope.
IF Francis resigns, that changes the age dynamics as to the next pope. Why? Because we would now have had two popes, in succession, that resigned. While, two DOES NOT make a trend, it does leave the door much more open (& amenable) to more future resignations. So, in theory, one doesn’t have to worry about a new young pope ruling for the next 25 years. Instead, one now has the possibility that the next pope MIGHT also opt to resign — after say 15-years — once they are in their early 80s. That is what will change IF Francis resigns — the acceptability of a younger pope WITH the hope that he will not cling onto power until the bitter end decades down the road. While capitulations (i.e., a formal agreement by a papabile to undertake certain obligations (in this case resignation after x years)) are forbidden, I am sure that we are all adult enough to appreciate that ‘informal’ promises are made by those seeking this much sought after office.
Cardinal Arthur Roche, as my 2nd image shows, has been making quite a bit of news of late. While traditionalists, especially the U.S. Catholics, may not like or agree with what he is saying & doing, he definitely appears to be Francis’ new enforcer. That could mean that he could — & should — get the vote from the Francis wing of the cardinal electors. Yes, it is true that they still don’t have the 2/3 majority to shoehorn in the next pope. But, if Roche can get most of the Francis vote he will have some footing to mount a push towards soliciting others to come around.
I also think that the next pope will be a curialist. And Roche has been one for over 10 years now. Plus, he is OLDER than Tagle. So, I am NOT saying that Roche will be the next pope. Far from that. I am just pointing out that IF (& only IF) Francis resigns we should not overlook Roche as a potential papabile. OK? Got that?
For once, I am slightly skeptical. With all other Catholic clerics, including the ‘acquitted’ George Pell, I had no doubts; they were all guilty as accused & there are tons of others that never got accused or caught.
I will also confess, that I was RELIEVED that Ouellet had NOT been accused of having his way with young boys. He has not been accused, at least as yet, of committing any overt sexual acts per se. His since, to date, appear to consist of unwelcome groping, pawing, kissing, etc. Not good — & as a father of three daughters, two still quite young, this does NOT make me happy, BUT it is not as bad as rape, oral sex or exposure. Ouellet basically is being accused of being yet another dirty old man!
I am sure events will unfold rapidly over the next few days. Stay tuned. Whatever happens, I am pretty sure that Ouellet as of now is NOT papabile & will never be.
Click to ENLARGE. From pages 113 – 114 of my ‘The Conclave‘ book.
With a cardinal creating consistory scheduled for August 29, 2022, & with speculation as to whether there might be a conclave this year, there is some CONFUSION as to when a cardinal-designates becomes a full, bona fide cardinal — and as such has the right to attend a conclave.
The top diagram should explain that very clearly.
>> The announcement that was made in May 2022 with the names of the cardinal designates is MEANINGLESS. It has no legal basis, weight or merit. Those names are cardinal-designates. That is all. That is it. They are NOT cardinals & will NOT be cardinals UNTIL the pope proclaims their names, FROM HIS MOUTH, in front of two or more previously established cardinals.
>> THE CONSISTORY. A consistory does not have to be fancy. A consistory is just the pope sitting with two or more of his existing cardinals. That is it. Today’s elaborate ceremonies are but window dressing.
In the presence of the existing cardinals the pope MUST PROCLAIM the names of the new cardinals — in the order of precedence he has deemed. [They later get a scroll telling them whether they are a Cardinal Bishop, Cardinal Priest or Cardinal Deacon and what Roman ‘property’ (i.e., church) has been assigned to them. This scroll is part of the ‘insignia’ & is NOT required for them to be fully fledged cardinals.]
As soon as the pope proclaims their name, they are a CARDINAL. Period. Full Stop.
That is it. They are a cardinal at that point. Just like how a pope becomes pope as soon as he proclaims that he accepts his legal election.
Everything else is just protocol.
>> A new cardinal does NOT have to be present, at the consistory, to be created a cardinal. When his name is proclaimed he becomes a cardinal wherever he may be. You could become a full cardinal while being imprisoned!
>> Swearing the oath & getting possession of the insignia can occur at a later date. None of the insignia, including red hat, is required in order to be a FULL cardinal & attend a conclave.
This is not a new rule. It has been so since 1904! It had to do with logistics.
Got it. Not complicated. All that is required is for the pope to proclaim the name. BUT, it is no less, no more.
In pectore creations also obey this formula (contrary to what some may think). The nominee ONLY becomes a cardinal when the pope PROCLAIMS his name. All that in pectore does is BACK-DATE the new cardinals precedence to an earlier date (typically a prior consistory). Yes, the pope can leave an affidavit of the person’s name so that he can be created AFTER the pope dies. But, if there is no affidavit the person is NOT created even if the pope’s inner circle knows who the pope meant. But, we haven’t had in pectore creations as of 2003.
