The next Pope It could come from Africa, Italy or Sri Lanka, possible even in the United States, but it is likely that whoever is chosen to follow Pope Francis, Who died Monday at 88He will push the Catholic Church to the ideological center, experts said.
Duration The 12 -year reign of Francis leading the 1,400 million Catholics in the world, the last Pope support for LGBTQ Catholics And the suppression of the traditional Latin mass was among the movements that marked conservatives in the church.
Now, “whoever is chosen will be a centrally conservative disposition; after 12 years of Pope Francis” stirring things “,”, ” Serewedd James said, editor of Catholic Herald magazine in Great Britain.
“I think the cardinals will want some who will adopt a different and quieter approach. “
According to Reverend Patrick Mary Briscoe, editor of the magazine “Our Sunday Visitor”, the next pontiff will bring “a renewed clarity of doctrine” to the church and “focused more internally” on the governance of the church.
Francis changed the Cardinals College
20 days after the death of the Pope, a conclave consisting of 120 cardinals of the 138 “Princes of the Church” who are under 80 years old and can vote to meet in the Vatican to choose the new Pope.
Four daily tickets will be held until a successor is chosen. After 30 tickets, the two main candidates will be the only ones allowed; Whoever obtains a two -thirds majority will become the next Pope.
Father Briscoe said that Francis “completely restructured the makeup” of the Cardinals College, whose members of Dut were “extremely familiar with each other.”
The late Pontiff extended the mandate of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91, as “Dean” of the University, and Briscoe said he could have an “influence behind the scene” in the propagations, his knowledge of the other cardinals, ancient and new.
Some of the main candidates, classified by the Italian Vatican Gaetano Masciullo and the Vaticanists Edward Pentin and Diane Montagna of the Cardinal College Report websiteThey range from a lawyer or “neoproderns” theological positions to more conservative leaders.
They have classified the candidates in the Cardinals College report. website. Among those considered most likely to be chosen are these six men:
Cardinal Luis Tagle, 67
It is said that Tagle, of the Philippines, is a protected from Francis, but may have lost the favor after the discovery of alleged “deficiencies” when he headed the charity of Vatican Caritas International. Masciullo wrote that Tagle, “has expressed very” open “opinions about issues such as communion for couples and homosexuality not married, suggesting that universal moral principles can” not be applied in all places. “
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 70
The Secretary of State of the Vatican, Parolin, who is Italian, has some conservative positions, but also supported the collaboration between the Church and the communist China. It is qualified for having a “high opportunity” or beer chosen because either its global diplomatic experience.
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, 66
According to the reports, Aveline, of France, is the cardinal “favorite” of Francis..
The academic and affable, the observers say. Masciullo called him a “dangerous contender” for the papacy. He said that Aveline “is particularly appreciated” in the ecclesiastical and political fields of the left, and supports the “strong decentralization” for the church.
Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, 71
A doctor and a theologian, Eijk adheres to Catholic doctrine even when it is unpopular.
He is an consummated administrator and opposes blessings for same -sex couples and “gender therapy.”
The Dutch prelate also does not support the ordination of women, a position that would appeal to the conservative elements.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, 77
Ranjith is the archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka. His choice would raise an Asian to the papacy and install a man aligned with the late Benedict XVI Pope and Francis’s concern for the poor and the environment.
Masciullo said that some ranjith view “as perfectly aligned with Benedict XVI.” Another advantage: it comes from southern Asia, where Catholicism experiences tremendous growth.
Cardinal Robert Sarah, 79
Sarah, traditional and orthodox, is a former Vatican official of Guinea who has publicly criticized the restrictions on traditional Latin mass and the authorization of blessings for same -sex couples.
These statements have made him a transparent critic of Pope Francis, who attracted him to conservatives. It could be the first African Pope since the 5th century.
Technically, any baptized male Catholic can be chosen to serve as a potato. Even so, an unin -ordered person would have to be ordered and elevated to Bishop’s position before his choice could go into force, according to Canon Edward Peters law, writing to the Ewtn.com website.
But the history professor at the University of Kean, Christopher Bellitto, says that “the probabilities of someone who is not a chosen cardinal … are lower than the opportunity of a snowball in hell.”
He said that the last time the Vatican “did it was in 1294 and obtained Celestine V, who was the Pope who was renounced and Dante put at the door of hell” in the classic of the Italian poet, “Inferno”.
