THE FORMER POPE FRANCIS’ OLD GUARD STILL IN THE VATICAN MUST BE FREAKING OUT OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE PRE-CONCLAVE MEETINGS AS THEY SHOULD…

Everyone is having fun trying to guess who the next pope will be. We won’t know until that white smoke leads to an aging cardinal who comes out on the loggia of the Basilica and says, Habemus Papam. And his name is…..

Some good things are being reported by way of rumor and wishful thinking, perhaps.

One commentator says this which I think is a good thing as they would be more of Pope Benedict’s school of thought of inner healing, clear teachings, beautiful liturgies, beautiful papacy and orthodoxy:

Prominent among these emeritus kingmakers are names like O'Malley, Ruini, Piacenza, Bagnasco, Cipriani, Antonelli, and Onaiyekan. They are there, talking to everyone, listening more than talking, and generating a kind of consensus that is not based on ideology, but on memory. They [the younger ones] are not looking for a new Pope with a program, but with solidity.

The Jesuit rag, America, has stated, and with a little anxiety, no doubt, that the buzz words (code words) in the pre-conclave discussions are “clarity, confusion and unity.” Obviously, the former Pope Francis never provided true clarity, he sowed confusion and undermined unity.” All of these things are the antithesis of what the papacy should do.

Even post-Catholic and Jesuit, Fr. James Martin, voices the concerns of those who want the LGBTQ+++ ideology enshrined in Catholic doctrine and practice. They are filled with anxiety that the next pope will reverse the processes towards a post-Catholic heretical new morality as it concerns sex and anything goes that the former Pope Francis initiated with loose talk and blessing same sex couples actively engaged in various forms of sodomy and other sexual disorders and gender dysphoria. Who is the Church to judge?

And I am reading that Cardinal Parolin is still considered a front runner. I think he will be a calming influence in the Vatican and the Church and could bring some healing in terms of the chaos the former Pope Francis caused. 

However, the Pillar reports this morning that a Chinese diocese has just named a new bishop while the Church has no pope to confirm it. 

This is what Parolin caused. This has angered many Asian bishops and clergy and laity. Pope Francis approved of this kind of thing.

So, I am not so sure Cardinal Parolin will be elected, but we’ll have to wait and see.