...not all of the cardinals at the conclave were Roman Catholic.
The Universal Catholic Church, under the tutelage of the pope, comprises many particular churches or "rites" and includes Catholics who belong to one of the many Eastern Catholic churches, such as the Ukrainians, the Maronites, the Chaldeans, the Melkites and others. ...
My grandfather was a Ukrainian Catholic priest; he was, and I am, as Catholic as Pope Benedict XVI. But we are not Roman Catholics.
Yes. This was what made more interesting the possibility that Cardinal Lubomyr Husar from the Ukraine could have been elected.
And I thought the title of your post was redundant.
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