From infovaticana.com comes this bombshell question: Cardinals without faith: who will choose the next pope?
| 10 March, 2025
"The next conclave is approaching and with it the fundamental question: who will elect the next pope? It is a question that goes beyond personal profiles or pastoral affinities. It is something more radical: are all the cardinals who will vote in the conclave really Catholics?
It seems like an absurd, even offensive question. But it is not. Judging by the literality of some recent statements by members of the College of Cardinals, there are serious doubts as to whether all of them believe in the fullness of the Catholic faith as delivered by Christ and taught by the Magisterium of the Church. Should those who do not adhere to this faith be able to vote?
The problem is not minor. The Church is at a critical point, divided between those who see in Francis' pontificate an opportunity to reformulate Catholicism in a more "inclusive" (or, to put it without euphemisms, more diluted) key and those who insist on doctrinal clarity, juridical rigor and the defense of Tradition, without this being an obstacle to the pastoral thrust and social commitment of the laity.
But the question is not only one of focus or priorities. It is of faith. The Church is not a merely human organization where power is transferred through political balances. Its foundation is divine. The authority of the pope, which the conclave must discern, is not just another office within an ecclesiastical structure, but a mandate from Christ himself. And if those who elect Peter do not believe in that reality, what is the point of the whole process?
Before entering the conclave, they should clarify their positions
The faithful have the right to know what the cardinals who will participate in the election of the successor of Peter really believe. Before the doors of the Sistine Chapel close, they should publicly answer essential questions:
Do you believe in the Resurrection of Christ as a real fact and not as a mere symbol? Do you believe that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ, and not just a "community experience"? Do they accept Catholic morality in its entirety or do they consider certain teachings to be "obsolete"? Do you hold that the priesthood is exclusively and ontologically male, as the Church has infallibly defined? Do you consider the Church to be the only true depository of Revelation, or do you believe that all religions are equally valid paths to God?
It is not a question of inquisitorial interrogations or puritanism. It is that the Church cannot afford cardinals who, in practice, have ceased to be Catholics. He cannot accept that those who deny the core of the faith determine who will be the next Vicar of Christ on Earth.
A Burden That the People of God Must Not Bear
The scandal of a corrupt cardinal or one with a dissipated life, although painful, is less serious than that of a cardinal who does not believe. Corruption can be denounced and corrected; Lack of faith in those who must confirm their brothers in the faith is a cancer. The Church has already endured too many years of ambiguity, half-truths and complicit silences. If those who do not really believe in the fullness of the Catholic faith are going to vote in the next conclave, the Church has the right to know.
The People of God has been burdened with many things in recent decades: doctrinal crises, abuses of power, financial scandals, media persecutions. It cannot also carry the mortgage of a conclave decided by those who do not believe in what they are electing.
Let them say so before entering the Sistine Chapel. Let them define themselves. Because if they don't do it now, it will be too late when the white smoke has already come out."
End of very revealing article!!
Pray for strength and honor!
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Gene DeLalla
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