Good, it’s supposed to be secret. The election isn’t supposed to be like American Idol with people phoning in their choice.
...Now somebody’s going to suggest that now that I wrote that.
The Conclave will be secret. The preliminaries shouldn't be. My guess is that the Curial Cardinals are a bit touchy about other Cardinals, left right and all in between, stating emphatically that the Curia must be reformed. Sounds like Eminences Bertone and Sodano are taking the criticisms personally.
“The election isn’t supposed to be like American Idol...”
It is NOT like American Idol...the leaks are from Italian Cardinals to the Italian press...Cardinal Sodano has it deliberately wrong here...