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A New Pope
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Submitted by Levisek27 on April 21, 2025
Now because Pope Francis died, who do you think the next pope will be?
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May the Holy Spirit send his Church exactly whom we need, and may Pope Francis be brought into union with Christ in heaven this very day.
Traditionalists tend to view Pope Francis as too liberal or reform-minded.
Progressives advocate for a more inclusive, pastoral approach to LGBTQ+ people, the divorced, and others.
I think the Vatican will opt for traditionalists, based on today's conservative-leaning order.
Investiture by lay hands is not a contentious issue and its invalidity has been very, very, very well established for centuries. Allowing the Chinese Communist Party to appoint bishops (yes, I'm aware of the cope that the pope still has to "officially" agree and "officially" is the one who installs them -- in practice, only bishops the CCP approves of are allowed in China) is dangerous and wrong. Tagle was the major player in this deal, and he still defends it today, which is a huge slap in the face for Chinese Catholics who are persecuted or in hiding because they refuse the watered-down, CCP version of Catholicism which the government allows in favor of unity with the universal Church.
Cardinals Tagle and Parolin, 2 of the most likely candidates, both have abysmal records on China.
"But what persecution?"
I hope the next pope has the balls to stand up to the CCP and insist on liturgical validity and clerical independence from secular, national governments. Gregory VII has to be absolutely whirling in his grave, watching the Church bend over backwards to appease the communists.
One of the Indian cardinals is basically a teenager, by Vatican standards, a young 51 year old.
The Church is growing in developing regions and Francis made a lot of efforts to expand the college of cardinals out to include many bishops in historically less-included areas of the world. A pope from India, Africa, or the Philippines would be huge for those areas and an enormous pride-builder in those places' national identities, and national Catholic identities in particular. Whomever is chosen (even Tagle, even people I consider to be far worse options than Tagle) I pray that the Holy Spirit continues to guide the Church as it always has.