We shall see.
PopeWatch: From His Lips to God’s Ear
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
If the present makeup of the College of Cardinals is any indication, that annulment of a future pope will come a long ways in the future.
When Benedict said the Church will be smaller, I didn’t know it would be bc of the pope .
I suspect that any reconversion of the Church and thus, the world, will have to occur over many years, or be the result of a major catastrophe. In either case, I won’t be around to see it. Keep the faith above all things.
Re: Don L’s point, I have been saying to anyone who will listen that things will not change until we have an existential crisis – the Gods of the Copybook Headings will need to return.
We definitely won’t get Francis II in name. That will be radioactive, given his widespread unpopularity.
I think the best that can be hoped for is a triangulator between the agenda of Francis and that of his immediate predecessors. But you could also get Francis without the name.
I am pessimistic (as per usual), but I don’t care as much with a patriarch between me and Rome.
I recall during ROTC hearing a cautionary note about your relationship with your boss: Be careful what you wish for. The next guy could always be worse!