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Obama Mania hits the Catholic church
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 3:29 am
by one love
The election of Barack Obama as the first African-American US President could pave the way for the election of the first black Pope, according to a leading black American Catholic.
Wilton Daniel Gregory, 60, the Archbishop of Atlanta, said that in the past Pope Benedict XVI had himself suggested that the election of a black pontiff would "send a splendid signal to the world" about the universal Church.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/commen ... 097668.ece
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 3:47 am
by crispfin
No surprise there. The population center of the church, as with many others, has moved south to Africa and South America. I remember some were surprised that they didn't pick someone from there this last time.
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 2:55 pm
by free
Maybe CoGoP will have a black general overseer in the future!
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 2:59 pm
by one love
We have a wonderful Black state overseer. He is awesome
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 3:00 pm
by pastorables
free wrote:Maybe CoGoP will have a black general overseer in the future!
That could have already happened. I voted for Oswill Williams a few years back. Unfortunately it didn't work out.
pa
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 4:55 pm
by EagerBeaver
pastorables wrote:free wrote:Maybe CoGoP will have a black general overseer in the future!
That could have already happened. I voted for Oswill Williams a few years back. Unfortunately it didn't work out.
pa
Do you mean FORtunately?
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 5:36 pm
by free
pastorables wrote:
That could have already happened. I voted for Oswill Williams a few years back. Unfortunately it didn't work out.
I guess the job didn't pay enough for him!
Posted: November 7th, 2008, 10:03 pm
by Tim Elston
free wrote:pastorables wrote:
That could have already happened. I voted for Oswill Williams a few years back. Unfortunately it didn't work out.
I guess the job didn't pay enough for him!
O $, Will, Will, I am, $!
Likely
Posted: November 7th, 2008, 11:41 pm
by Pastor Gary
free wrote:Maybe CoGoP will have a black general overseer in the future!
It is more than a little bit likely; are you aware that only about 20% of COGOP's total membership is in the U.S., and that we are --BY FAR-- a brown and black church predominantly?
There are more COGOP members in a single African nation than in all the U.S.