The 120 or so cardinals who are eligible to vote on selecting the next pope could do something dramatic.
But they likely won’t. A conservative choice is the best bet to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, who announced his resignation Monday. According to news reports, Benedict named 67 of the cardinals in recent years, enough to ensure a conservative voting bloc.
Pope Benedict XVI removes his cap in this Associated Press photo.
Meanwhile, the Vatican has so sidestepped progress that surveys indicate that more than 90 percent of Catholics don’t even adhere to contraception policy.
Is it time to change, adapt and modernize the church doctrine? That is a question on the minds of many today.
On our minds anyway. Inside the Vatican walls, I doubt many of the cardinals are giving progressive ideas any thought whatsoever.
The bottom line is the church is doing very well with theologically traditional Catholics in Africa and parts of Asia. Growth in those areas have the Vatican threatening a standoff with Islam.
A Vatican III conference may be a possibility. At any rate, Joe Biden will not be the new pope.
