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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3250516" data-attributes="member: 665">dweasel, I will have you know that my cousin, before leaving the priesthood after 25 years to marry a missionary girl, was appointed vicar general, which is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese. If the bishop died he was next in line (and the bishop was very old so it was just a matter of time). Had he not left the church and became bishop, he would have been two hops away from eligibility to become the next pontiff (archbishop and cardinal). So I guess you could say that pontificating runs in my family. :smoke:Worse still, I'm a big fan of Neil Young. </blockquote>