For those who believe in God, and who have faith to take Jesus Christ at his word, that the sheep will be divided to the right and the goats to the left, there are only 2 directions, up ^ and down v. If I can go ^ by being rigid, stiffen my backbone. Wide is the way to perdition, and many are those who go that way. Narrow is the way to salvation, and few who go that way.
Very bad popes were chosen before and yes has been chosen here. In God’s time. Just like a bad couple decades of presidents between reagan and trump.