Posted on 04/21/2025 1:52:59 PM PDT by Az Joe
Cardinals will gather in Rome to elect successor to Pope Francis
He was the great disruptor to some and the radical modernizer the Roman Catholic Church desperately needed to others.
The remarkable — and at times turbulent — 12-year papacy of Pope Francis, who died Monday, was marked by ambitious reforms, internal division and global controversy. In the coming days, cardinals from every corner of the Catholic world will begin the process of electing a successor.
In the Sistine Chapel, under the magnificent Last Judgment painted by Michelangelo half a millennia ago, 137 cardinal electors will convene and begin casting their secret, successive rounds of voting for the next leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics.
Do we really need a Pope? When in doubt, just read the Bible.
Totino’s Pizza-balla!
The only man who can save the Church is Vigano.
If they gave a crap about Christians being persecuted and killed, they’d elect a Nigerian pope.
I hope the new Pope knows the difference between a boy and a girl, a man and a woman.
Isn’t that what the Pharisees told people when Jesus was quoting the Bible?
“You don’t need Jesus you fools, just read your Bible!”
Maybe the next pope will be a Franciscan who will chose the name Ignatius.
The next pope will be the first pope since 625 to begin his papacy in a year ending in "25."
My mother was born under Benedict the 15th and died under Benedict the 16th.
I was born under Pius the 8th. I’m hoping the new pope doesn’t choose Pius as his name!
It would be great to choose a non-homosexual pope, or at least someone who doesn’t support a priesthood of gays - like the past 4 or 5 popes did.
Hat would be a good start
Africa would be ok. The bishops there are pretty conservative.
MSM overlooking this fact:
He was a spectacular heretic.
PAPAM SVBITO
I didn’t say South Africa. I said Africa. There’s a difference you know.
I would not want a Pope from South Africa. Nigerian Pope would be good. I have met a lot of solid traditional Catholic Nigerian Priests.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sarah
This guy is not Nigerian, but he would be awesome as a Pope.
No thanks.
African Bishops are conservative, and radically anti-homo. I would be happy if an African is chosen.
Tt may happen, unfortunately.
I think there is a second schism in the future of the Church. Does the break-away faction join Orthodoxy or do they become something else?
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