Two prominent conservative journalists are getting kudos from all the cardinals of the Church as they voraciously consume what Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register and Diana Montagna of the Catholic Herald collaborated to produce.
I had dinner with one of the cardinals from the peripheries in Pakistan. He told me that the cardinals do not know each other as Pope Francis has not facilitated meetings where they could gather and chat and create friendships and connections. Thus other means are now being utilized for the cardinals to get to know each other especially in light of the approaching conclave to elect the new pope.
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..."Pope Francis has not facilitated meetings where they could gather and chat and create friendships and connections."
Don't the cardinals know how to pick up a phone or engage in a zoom conference? Do they not know where the other cardinals live, making a visit possible? Why, some of them probably can (gasp!) write a letter and drop it in the mail!
Pope Francis has chosen cardinals from the peripheries of common sense, social media savvy and telephone ability not to mention fringy post offices if any and their geographical periphery means you can’t get there from anywhere!
You didn't pay much attention in your geography classes, did you?
Those 55 European cardinals would have a VERY hard time getting together. And it might take WEEKS for the 16 North American cardinals to find each other.
You know, the 18 South American electors may not ever have heard Brazil or Uruguay or Venezuela or Colombia. The 18 lectors from Africa might have to travel a bit, but these are well-educated men. I suspect they know where the others are.
And which of the Asian countries that are home to electors are peripheral? Japan? Bangladesh? The Philippines? India?
No, the pope had not "failed" to host tea parties so the cardinals can get cozy with each other. And if he did, there would be cries of a new "St. Gallen Mafia" being fostered by His Holiness.
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