I wish prayers on Pope Francis. His view on humanity and such is commendable.
But i hear from people that Anders Arborelius is likely to be the next pope. Or is that just rumors?
Cardinal Robert Sarah would be an answer to my Prayers, but God sees more than I do. Now if we can get the Cardinals to listen to Him and not to their own desires, then I would have more faith in the process.
Here are some of the potential successors to Pope Francis.
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It’s the Holy Spirit that will choose the next Pope…do you really think God would let us fallen humans make that critical choice?
How does one know what God picks? Is it up to top officials in the Vatican?
The Cardinals all vote on whom will be the next Pope. They need a 2/3 vote. If they do not get 2/3, then they vote again until someone gets over the 2/3 threshold. Then they burn their ballots and White smoke comes out the chimney, signaling that we have a new Pope.
There are rules. They are not allowed to campaign for Pope and they cannot meet in secret nor rally votes for anyone. If they do this, then the election of the Pope could be invalid.
The goal is that each Cardinal Prayerfully discerns whom the next Pope should be.
Here is an analogy. Imagine all the Cardinals are rowers in a boat and the Holy Ghost is instructing them when to row to steer the boat to where God wills the boat to be. If some of the Cardinals are not in since with the Holy Spirit and are rowing on their own will, then the boat could veer off. If multiple rowers organize to purposely veer the ship off course, then this would be worse.
But, I have hope that God will eventually get enough rowers in sync to steer the Church in the right direction. It might not happen any time soon, as Francis has stacked the Conclave with rowers who share his agenda, where we need rowers who care about both mercy and protecting truth.
My Prayer is that every Cardinal puts their will aside and truly listen for what the Holy Ghost desires.
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