Last Week's American Papist Poll Results

170 people voted in this week's poll.

Almost 80% believe that it is most important for a Pope to have served as a priest or bishop at some time in his ecclesial service.

Vote tallies for the "priest" and "bishop" categories were roughly tied until Dom invited his readers to participate and voiced his opinion (which I agree with) that the experience of being a parish priest and serving the day-to-day needs of the faithful is very important to the formation of a future Pope.

Pius X, for instance, had a particularly extended and fruitful ministry as a parish priest, if my memory serves correctly.

Feel free to read the comments box for a few more reasons people voted as they did.