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Savuriyar Stuyvesant wrote:

Hi, guys —

  • What are the requirements to be pope?
  • Can any normal Catholic become pope?

Savuriyar
  { What are the requirements to be Pope and can any normal Catholic become a Pope? }

Eric replied:

Savuriyar—

Any baptized male Catholic can technically become pope, but by convention they choose a member of the College of Cardinals.

Eric

Savuriyar replied:

Eric,

Thanks for the answer.

If the first pope was Peter and he was married.

  • Could a future Pope possibly be a married man from a normal Catholic family?

Thanks,

Savuriyar

Eric replied:

Sure,

It's theoretically possible, but vanishingly unlikely.

Eric
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