
Towards the Next Pope: What To Expect from the Conclave
It is highly likely that the next Conclave will lean toward a pragmatic pope— someone capable of gently slowing down reformist pushes without completely reversing course.

It is highly likely that the next Conclave will lean toward a pragmatic pope— someone capable of gently slowing down reformist pushes without completely reversing course.
The cardinals will vote for the next leader of some 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide.
Cardinals who choose to share their expectations speak of the need for a pope who will bring steadfastness to a church in turmoil.
The next pope will be chosen by 135 cardinals who are eligible to vote.

The younger generations, in search of meaning, no longer find what they are looking for in a church that is too submissive to progressivism.
Advocating an unpopular migration policy amid outrage over the church’s support for secularizing a Civil War memorial seems a strategic misstep.

The Spanish government’s intention to desacralize the Civil War monument is viewed by many as another affront to Christians.

“This law has only one purpose—to gag people and imprison them for opinions that, in a democratic state, they have the right to express.”

It is unclear which direction the Church will move in once Pope Francis’s reign comes to a close.

The Pope’s unconditional welcome for migrants does not apply to his own state.