Posted by Ian Paisley on February 15, 2001 at 21:38:05:
In Reply to: Re: You can't even get married in a Catholic church without proving you were christened in one posted by Off Course on February 15, 2001 at 21:33:25:
In theory any man (regardless of age, religious affiliation, position in the hierachary etc) can be apointed pope if the conclave of cardinals so decide.
In practice the criteria you mention would be highly likely to be taken into account (along with a lot of political stuff)