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Actually any Catholic man could be Pope, but the cardinals usually pick one of their own.
Usually pick one of their own == have never not picked one of their own, right?
It happened six times: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-cardinals_elected_pope
Pope Urban VI was the last to have been elected without having been a cardinal, in 1378.
No. There were 6 popes who hadn’t been cardinals. Although it’s been a few hundred years since the last one (Urban VI., elected in 1378).
Interesting, I didn’t know that. I was gonna say it certainly hasn’t been any of the recent ones.
