Does the Holy Spirit pick the pope? Ratzinger didn’t think so. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2013/02/does-the-holy-spirit-pick-the-pope-ratzinger-didnt-think-so/#sthash.DLDcLQeH.dpuf
I see no need to go into the question in greater depth in this specific thread. Either way, it does not change my central point to melsec, which is, that we have had 'disasters' as valid popes; and there is no guarantee that any future pope, or this current pope for that matter, might not be one.
I read through both Kendra's blog and the longer piece he quotes from at WaPo, and I found nothing regarding your comment. I found a whole lot of material on Vatican politics and corruption, however. Can you point me to the relevant excerpt re how popes are chosen?