As poor rejoice, cardinal says pope’s electors ‘weren’t dealing with world,’ but ‘with the kingdom of God’

As poor rejoice, cardinal says pope’s electors ‘weren’t dealing with world,’ but ‘with the kingdom of God’

ROME (OSV News) — The joy was palpable in Palazzo Migliori, the Roman palace turned homeless shelter, right next to Bernini Colonnade, on May 11, the first Sunday after the election of Pope Leo XIV. The needy of the Eternal City were glad to have their cardinal back from conclave, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, sharing news about the new pontiff — who was “chosen by the Holy Spirit,” the prelate said. “I had a very good impression of the pope,” said…

Since his kingdom is not of this world, the Catholic Church can maintain a model of interior organization and exterior projection that is in practice an absolute monarchy in which its peers elect a monarch who concentrates all powers and who, moreover, can govern supported by the gift of infallibility. It is these characteristics that make everything that happens behind the walls of Vatican City exercise a fascination over the whole of humanity …