The Cardinals of the Roman Church, who will start on Wednesday with the election of the new Pope, have no clear idea of who could become the successor of the recently deceased Francis. Reuters reported on Monday, according to which several of them showed it, writes TASR.
Only cardinals under 80 years of age have active and passive electoral right. There are now 135, but only 133 will participate in the next election. As a result of the announced absence of two cardinals, the two -thirds majority for election of the new Pope decreased from 90 to 89 votes.
Before the Conclave itself, during which they will be closed in the Sistine Chapel and for the night at the hotel and will be forbidden to contact the outside world, the Cardinal-Volerts meet almost daily to discuss questions standing in front of the Catholic Church, which reports about 1.4 billion believers.
Of the several cardinals considered the main candidates for the successor of Pope Francis, the Italian Pietro Parolin and Filipin Luis Antonio Tagle are often mentioned. However, many of the ecclesiastical dignitaries who will vote on the new Pope have not yet decided for a particular name.
“My list is changing and I think it will change in the coming days,” said the British Cardinal Vincent Nichols, waiting for the first conclave. “It is a process that is far from closed for me,” he added. During the ongoing meetings, the individual cardinals have the opportunity to give speeches in which they will present their vision of the future of the Catholic Church.
With one such speech he performed during the Conclave in 2013 and Francisthen as Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. According to Reuters, his speech was deeply impressed by other cardinals who elected him a few days later. Cardinal Nichols said that this time the speeches are crucial in shaping opinions on who could be the future pope.
Like him, however, the Archbishop of Singapore, Cardinal William Goh Seng Chry, does not know who could become the new Supreme representative of the Catholic Church. “It may seem strange, but we really don’t know. We haven’t started voting yet, so we don’t know“He noted for the Italian daily Il Messaggero.
