Posted on 02/19/2025 6:34:21 AM PST by marcusmaximus
As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will next be elected as the most powerful Catholic in the world.
The 88-year-old pontiff developed pneumonia in both lungs over the weekend and will remain hospitalized as he battles the infection, according to the Vatican.
Technically any Roman Catholic man can be elected as the heir to St. Peter, though invariably one of the 253 cardinals from around the world will don the papal tiara.
After a pope’s death or resignation, a conclave is convened in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, where cardinals partake in rounds of voting to determine the next head of the Church. Only 138 of the 253 cardinals will be able to serve as electors in the next conclave and no cardinals over the age of 80 can participate in voting.
That number was raised in December last year by Pope Francis from 120, which by rule of Paul VI was the maximum number of cardinals who should partake as voters in a conclave.
With Pope Francis’ deteriorating health, several prominent cardinals are being eyed as his successor if the octogenarian takes a turn for the worst.
Here are the front-runners to become the next pope, according to public reporting.
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
This Pope’s going to hell, hell, hell.
The older he gets the more satanic he looks too. Like the unmasking of Darth Vader.
Can the Catholic Church please put up someone in who is not a compromised communist Satanic Pedophile or is that prerequisite now?
I imagine the far-left freaks will be pimping Kamalala again. She’s all they’ve got.
> Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. <
Pope Francis has appointed roughly 80% of the current voting cardinals.
So you betcha. Maybe the next pope will even call himself Francis II.
Eijk or Erdo could repair some of the damage very quickly. Eijk is a Benedict product.
A bear taking a dump in the woods would be a nice change.
Or maybe, just someone who is Catholic at least but Christian would be better.
Too many flavors of Communist Catholics these days. If I were in that church I’d go rogue.
The next Pope is supposed to be like Pope Peter.
Then the end of our age.
We need an African Pope, they are the most conservative, and they come from a place where just being a Catholic puts your life in danger, especially Nigeria.
They missed a real front-runner: Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Helpful website: collegeofcardinalsreport.com — full summaries of all papabili.
A Catholic, please, please, please, make him a Catholic of the old school, not another one like pope socialista faggato.
Probably a Muslim, better yet, a Communist Muslim.
Vasily Goloborodko.
The next candidate is either a communist, an islamofascist or an outright demon.
I hope not. Francis is a wretched heretic and schismatic. While I fervently hope that he doesn’t make it out of that hospital alive, I hope he repents before he goes, and is welcomed home by the Lord.
I want to make it clear that I have no dog in this fight. I’m an adult Catholic male, but I do not plan on accepting election to the papacy.
Even though a huge majority of the cardinals were appointed by Francis, they’re not blind. They see the declining membership and financial disaster he has brought about and the need to at least tap the brakes. I’ll put down my marker on one of the guys labeled as being more conservative than him. Love to see the Congolese guy
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