Pope Francis taken to hospital following his general audience at the Vatican
(abcnews.go.com)
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I wonder if a new one will be an improvement--the bar is pretty low here.
Catholic here.
It could be a lot worse.
There is a pretty good chance that the selection of a new Pope would end up with something better though. The bishops are more frustrated than we are.
Have you ever heard of the prophecy of St. Malachy? He was a priest from Ireland. Traveled to Rome to meet with the Pope. On his travels he would have dreams. When he woke he would write down the names given to him in his dreams. The names were of all the Popes in consecutive order. His list ends at Pope Francis, ‘The Last Pope’. Perhaps there is such a divide, because of the damage Bergoglio has done, that the Bishops will not be able to elect a Pope.
Cardinals elect popes, but yipes. Wonder how this fits in with all the 'last pope=black pope' prophecies? Jesuit is black? What are the names of those that are believed to be the actual elected popes, since there are many accusations that after the unconstitutional Vatican I and II changes, there have been illicit/ cheated elections? Do we have popes in exile?
Yes, Cardinals do the electing.