[Olog-hai]

Popes aren’t elected by Catholic lay people.

[metmom]

Popes aren’t elected by Catholic lay people.

That might not have made any difference considering how liberal/democrat most Catholic vote.

Not to mention that my sister who still lives in highly Catholic Western NY says that everyone she knows that's Catholic LOVES the new pope. And the chances of meeting someone on the street in the Buffalo area who is not Catholic are very slim.