"The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates"

I found him very eloquent in this video with a reflection on the Eucharist when he was still a cardinal.

 

God forgive me but my first thought was I wish he had remained a cardinal.

 

I have a feeling with all the future chaos, we will be without a Pope for quite some time.

 

However, if the angelic Pope lives today, my choice would be Father Zlatko Sudac from Croatia.
(Abbot Werdin d'Ortante, 13th century): "The Pope will
go over the sea carrying the sign of redemption on his
forehead, and after the victory of the Pope and the Great
Monarch, peace will reign on earth.
As many of you may know, there is a croatian Priest by
the name of Father Zlatko Sudac who bears the sign of
redemption (the cross) on His forehead..

 

Analysis: The significance of Cardinal Zuppi celebrating with Summorum Pontificum pilgrims

President of the Italian Bishops' Conference Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi (center) attends the consistory for the creation of new cardinals at St. Peter's Basilica on Aug. 27, 2022, in Vatican City. | Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Rome Newsroom, Oct 31, 2022 / 10:00 am

The head of the Italian bishops’ conference, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, presided over Vespers on Friday for an annual Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) pilgrimage to Rome.

The pilgrimage is named after Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, which acknowledged the right of all priests to offer Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal, which is in Latin.

The Traditional Latin Mass pilgrimage, organized by the People of Summorum Pontificum, is in its 11th year.

In other words, it predates the recent restrictions and changes decreed by Pope Francis, and Zuppi made it clear: There are no special “signs” to be interpreted by his attendance.

Zuppi, 67, said he had received an invitation to participate before he was appointed president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. He agreed to it, “not thinking there was anything wrong.”

Nonetheless, Zuppi’s participation in the pilgrimage, which brings to Rome thousands of pilgrims who favor the Traditional Latin Mass, had a particular, if not surprising, impact.

The pilgrimage over the years has seen several cardinals and archbishops celebrate for the numerous pilgrims.

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera celebrated with the pilgrims in 2012 in St. Peter’s Basilica when he was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship.

Yet, Cañizares — who recently retired as archbishop of Valencia, Spain — was among those who practically applied Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes to the letter, suspending the celebration of the TLM in his archdiocese.

Traditionis custodes is the July 16, 2021, motu proprio in which Pope Francis placed sweeping restrictions on the celebration of Mass using the 1962 Roman Missal, known variously as the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, the Tridentine Mass, and the Traditional Latin Mass. (You can read a further explanation of the document here.)

While some bishops, such as Cañizares, applied the restrictions to the letter, Zuppi, in his archdiocese of Bologna, found a pragmatic solution.

The cleric, who has a reputation as the

In a decree, Zuppi noted that a traditional community had immediately started in Bologna after Summorum Pontificum and that this celebration had already met the requirements of Traditionis Custodes.

So the cardinal decided to keep everything as it was — except to find another non-parish church — allowing the faithful to attend the Traditional Latin Mass.

Indeed, Zuppi emphasized that “the liturgical tradition has given an unmistakable mark to our local Church. It is a garden to be cultivated with renewed love and passion without ever resigning ourselves to weariness and laziness, which — even when they do not degenerate into abuses — end up weakening the formidable strength of the liturgy from which the Church is born and always is built.”

Zuppi’s decision should not come as a surprise, considering that as a bishop, he also accepted invitations to celebrate the TLM.

His participation in this year’s Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage was to be expected.

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Recently, Zuppi also visited the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) in Gricigliano, near Florence.

The ICKSP also celebrates the Traditional Latin Mass, and Zuppi was reportedly impressed by the many seminarians

While an experienced pastor and much-respected bishop, Zuppi is not considered a “traditionalist” or “conservative” and is known for his active support of the Community of Sant’Egidio.

His tendency to act as a builder of bridges is also noticeable in a fragmented College of Cardinals.

Pope Francis appointed Zuppi as a member of the Dicastery of the Eastern Churches. He is already a member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The archbishop of Bologna, therefore, increases his duties in the Curia, becoming a member of a very important dicastery.

Do all these moves make Zuppi a candidate for the succession of Pope Francis? That is idle speculation. How the cardinal-electors might decide in a possible conclave remains to be seen.

The only tangible fact is that Zuppi does not want to be divisive. Instead, he is building bridges — which might yet prove to be an essential role in a Church marred by tensions and divisions.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/...celebrating-with-summorum-pontificum-pilgrims

 

We have to hope perhaps that there is a Cardinal who appears liberal and a peacemaker, who gets elected and throws off his liberal garb. He can still be a peacemaker, I think that the college of Cardinals will always prefer someone they think doesn't frighten the horses. They might be in for a big shock afterwards of course.

As for Bergoglio, he didn't fool everyone. A friend of mine knows an Argentinian woman who was so distressed by the election of PF that she went into therapy. I believe her concerns were over the Latin Mass. Well now we know why.

 

Vatican: A Ninth Consistory on the Horizon
APRIL 28, 2023
SOURCE: FSSPX.NEWS

2022 Consistory
The years 2023 and 2024 should see more than twenty cardinals leave the college of electors of the future pope because of the 80 year age limit. Everything therefore suggests that the current Roman Pontiff should not delay too long in convening the ninth ordinary public consistory of his pontificate, allowing him to imprint his mark a little more on the Sacred College.

And from nine? A consistory atmosphere is slowly setting in, in Rome. Let us recall that in the Church, a public consistory consists of the meeting of all or part of the college of cardinals – the famous Sacred College – a meeting convened by the Pope, when the latter considers that a subject is of sufficient importance to necessitate the cardinals coming to Rome.

A consistory can be ordinary. In this case, all the cardinals are summoned, at least those who are in Rome, in order to be consulted on certain serious matters, which arise quite commonly, or else in order to perform certain particularly solemn acts, such as canonizations or the creation of cardinals.

It can also be extraordinary, “when particular needs of the Church or the study of matters of great importance advise it,” specifies canon law. All the cardinals are then called to Rome on this occasion. Unlike the ordinary consistory, the extraordinary consistory is always held behind closed doors.

By the motu proprio Ingravescentem Aetatem, of November 21, 1970, Pope Paul VI determined that only cardinals under the age of 80 could elect the Pope; and by the apostolic constitution Romano Pontifici eligendo, of October 1, 1975, he limited the number of electors to 120. John Paul II exceeded this ceiling several times, with the college of electors reaching 135 in 2001 and 2003.

Since April 27, 2023, Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop Emeritus of Prague, has reached the age limit of 80, which no longer allows him to exercise his right to vote in the event of a conclave: the Sacred College is currently composed of 122 voters.

Eight other porporati will lose their right to vote due to the age limit, by the end of the year 2023, bringing the number of voters to 114. During the year 2024, thirteen additional cardinals will follow the same path. Everything therefore suggests that the convocation of an ordinary public consistory could take place during this year, or at the beginning of 2024, at the latest.

The current Roman pontiff has created 80 of the 122 voters in the Sacred College as of April 27, 2023. A number equivalent to two-thirds of the votes that the successor of Pope Francis will have to collect in order to be elected in the event of a conclave.

However, the die is not cast as to the profile of the future head of the Church: as the current pope likes to say, “our God is not a God of habits, but a God of surprises.”

(Source : Site officiel du Vatican – FSSPX.Actualités)
Illustration : Flickr / Catholic Church England and Wales (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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