What’s the massive hurry? This rush feels to me like an attempt to organize a voting block before the far flung cardinals arrive. We can ask: To whose advantage/disadvantage is it to hurry the process and thereby deny some of the farther cardinals from early participation?
Cui bono?
EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong is challenging the decision—communicated to the Cardinals in a letter earlier today—to hold the first meeting of the General Congregations of the College of Cardinals tomorrow morning (Tuesday, April 22) at 9am at the Vatican.
His… pic.twitter.com/8FTbp18VO7
— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) April 21, 2025
Oh… by the way…
Anybody remember this video from the 2018 “Summer of Shame”? Does anyone honestly believe that Cardinal Farrell knew nothing about McCarrick’s degeneracy after living and working with the man for six years?
This is the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church — the man responsible… pic.twitter.com/CcI7QNihZK
— Matt Gaspers (@MattGaspers) April 22, 2025
Compare and contrast…
3 minutes qui vous feront comprendre à quel point le cardinal Robert Sarah ferait un excellent successeur au Pape François. ???? pic.twitter.com/RfY9YqwFct
— Bleu Blanc Rouge ! ?? (@LBleuBlancRouge) April 21, 2025
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Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all.
At least during the renaissance, the corrupt prelates had good taste in art.
*sigh*
Epoch Times is worryingly referring to Bergoglio as “Pope Francis I” …
i remember that several of tptb made similar noises going into the 2013 conclave. i wouldn’t be surprised if such were in your archives.
Father Z certainly knows more about these things than I, but maybe Farrell is just anxious to hand over responsibility. Or, maybe he is trying to match the speed of the world.
This is a time the Church should force the world to slow down for a glimpse at the speed of eternity.
It doesn’t matter if we get our novenas to St. Catherine done before or after the white smoke.
The future perfect of the prayer “Let us pray that the new pope will be better than we deserve” can be looked at in more than one way.
It pains me genuinely and deeply to say this, but I have little to no confidence in what is about to transpire. This crew has exhibited no integrity for the length of the now past pontificate. The episcopate has by the largest part demonstrated cowardliness or utter infidelity to the perennial Magisterium. The lot of them have been in total accord with the discord propounded by the Bergoglian enterprise. Those who have not been cooperative have been marginalized. Should a proper man prevail in this environment it will be miraculous. I paraphrase Pope Benedict XVI comment from years before his election to the papacy, “…the Holy Spirit always inspires, men rarely listen.”
All that said, miracles do happen.
Oremus.
Is this schedule really unusual? I wondered and did a search online (if the results are to be believed). It seems general congregations began the day after the death of Pope Paul VI and the day after the death of Pope John Paul II. It seems there is necessity to meet so soon simply for the focus of setting the funeral rites and making the initial plans for a Conclave, approving expenses, etc. If the substantive talks of the General Congregations wait until all (or at least the vast majority) of cardinals can be present, then, I don’t see anything particularly suspicious about the current schedule.
Cardinal Sarah is one of the select few I’d like to see as the new Pope.