[haffast]

My apologies. My initial reading of your statement....

Sometimes the Holy Spirit uses men who we ultimately find wanting to accomplish things that are part of a plan we don’t fully understand.

.....seemed to suggest you were saying the Holy Spirit tempted men to be found "wanting", to be used in His greater plan. Which in 1James 1:13 we know is not the case.

The question still remains as to how 120 Cardinals from all over the world, knowledgeable in the Faith, and seeking God's heart, all with conservative values as the Catholics on FR exclaim, would elect a man such as Pope Francis to lead them?

God has allowed it, and all things "work together for good".

Cling to that thought as you make your way through the seemingly endless barrage of threads on FR criticizing Pope Francis for his moving his (c)hurch further to the Left.

I've seen enough.

[vladimir998]

“The question still remains as to how 120 Cardinals from all over the world, knowledgeable in the Faith, and seeking God’s heart, all with conservative values as the Catholics on FR exclaim, would elect a man such as Pope Francis to lead them?”

No one here claims they were ALL conservative. Pope Francis got elected because he was very different from Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul II.