Re: Pope passed away!
Ranjhan,
Guys who voluntarily live their lives in vows of chastity and poverty have a pretty strong conviction. The politics of the Catholic church are pretty intense, just think of the power of Islam if you had a Billion people united under one leader! The Catholic church is extraordinarily wealthy and powerful. The Vatican is actually recognized as a Country. What they collect in the offering plates every week is more than the combined GDP of all those oil producing countries. The Pope in addition to being morally powerful for Catholics is also a very powerful person in many other ways...
Do ya think an Ayatollah is going to become a Christian just to take over Jerry Falwells' church?