taffybuns tilthat TIL that the Pope can appoint secret cardinals, and even the selected individual may not know he has cardinal status. The name can be made public at any time, but if the pope dies before revealing the name of a secret cardinal, the individual will no longer be a cardinal.via ift.tt jaecheondaeseong what the f u c k is Catholicism thyrell there is only one person in the world that can prove that i am not a cardinal Source: tilthat