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<blockquote data-quote="Paidiske" data-source="post: 77271450" data-attributes="member: 386627"><p>I believe it is theoretically possible for a lay person to become a Catholic cardinal, and that did happen historically. Under current canon law it is not allowed. </p><p></p><p>If diplomacy is the concern, the better question might be whether it's possible for a lay person to be a papal legate, and I don't know the answer to that question. From what I can find by googling, the answer seems to be that it might be possible, but generally papal legates are senior clerics (the exception being, say, delegates to international conferences or the like). I'm not sure what canon law underpins that distinction, though.</p><p></p><p>As to the war in Ukraine, I'm not sure that the gender of the diplomat is likely to make much difference, there...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paidiske, post: 77271450, member: 386627"] I believe it is theoretically possible for a lay person to become a Catholic cardinal, and that did happen historically. Under current canon law it is not allowed. If diplomacy is the concern, the better question might be whether it's possible for a lay person to be a papal legate, and I don't know the answer to that question. From what I can find by googling, the answer seems to be that it might be possible, but generally papal legates are senior clerics (the exception being, say, delegates to international conferences or the like). I'm not sure what canon law underpins that distinction, though. As to the war in Ukraine, I'm not sure that the gender of the diplomat is likely to make much difference, there... [/QUOTE]
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