Show POPE CARDINAL GOTTI FAMOUS GENOESE MONK designated homo dec 31 it la asserted thai the pope after the recent ceremony ol 01 opening the holy door at st fedors cathedral addressed his intimate entourage to urage and said 1 I thank divine providence for granting mo tho grace 0 being ablo to celebrate this great function and I 1 wish for my successor grandeur and long reign to the greater glory of god my successor will be young as corn time to see many gloriea of tha papa timela see many glories of the papa cy and the church later leo clearly designated cardl ral maria gottl prefect of the congregation of indulgences and sacred relics as his successor cardinal gottl the famous genoese monk is a man of great piety and modesty now about 64 years of age bo always lived the life of an ascetic and despite ahe dignity of a of the church he always sleeps in a cell and on a bard mattress |