Three names of cardinals come up repeatedly in Roman conversations among the possible successors of Pope Francis. Several others are circulating because
“papabile”
lists
are a traditional Roman sport. It aims to identify those cardinals who could be elected pope, knowing that these predictions are often obsolete. Rather, they are the names of cardinals that we talk about, each time with a
“ma…”
. This
Italian
“but”
introduces an objection. Which means that no one is imposing at the moment.
One of these cardinals is indeed growing in power. It keeps coming up in conversations...
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