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perihelions on May 8, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: First American pope elected and will be known as P...

If they're constructed as ordinals, then, why do they call them cardinals?

psunavy03 on May 8, 2025 [–]

Cardinals are cardinal and Popes are ordinal. It's math.

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