What Kind of Pope Do Nazareth Area Catholics Want?
What do Catholics in the Nazareth area want in the next pope as cardinals meet and cast secret ballots in Rome this week?
Cardinals have begun meeting in Rome to select a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.
Fox News reports: Cardinals held their final closed-door debate Monday over whether the church needs more of a manager to clean up the Vatican's bureaucratic mess or a pastor to inspire the 1.2 billion faithful in times of crisis. Click here to see a schedule of voting for the next few days of the conclave of cardinals, which started around 12:30 p.m. eastern time Tuesday.
What kind of pope do you think the Catholic Church needs? Vote in our poll and add your comments below.
The conclave includes 115 clergy under age 80 who will vote in secrecy. The process could take several days with no clear front runner evident, according to a Huffington Post-Reuters report. Seventy-seven votes are needed for victory.
The cardinals—known as "Princes of the Church"—won't emerge from their seclusion until they have chosen the 266th pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Church.
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