Cardinal asks electors to be shaped by Spirit before voting for pope

Monsignor Franco to Newsmax: Holy Spirit Will Guide Cardinals’ Vote

God and the Holy Spirit will guide the cardinals in their upcoming vote to select Pope Francis’ successor, Monsignor Hilary Franco, the author of “Six Popes” and the adviser to the Office of the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, told Newsmax Saturday.  The 133 cardinals to be voting for the next pope are observing the Catholic Church’s tradition of nine days of Novemdiales Masses in mourning for Pope Francis, beginning wit…

Cardinal asks electors to be shaped by Spirit before voting for pope

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the Catholic Church elects a new pope, a cardinal reminded his fellow electors that true Christian leadership begins not in control, but in surrender to mystery. "We so often feel like masters of God, perfect knowers of the truth, while we are only pilgrims to whom the Word has been

The word of the Archbishop of Tucumán. The chosen one now, like all previous popes, will contribute from his cultural, ecclesial, geographical, and other realities.

Regarding the upcoming papal election in the Vatican, the Secretary of State emphasized that prayer as a "giant force" could even override the efforts of the great powers, with which they are reportedly trying to interfere in the selection of the next pope.

VATICAN CITY — As the Catholic Church elects a new pope, a cardinal reminded his fellow electors that true Christian leadership begins not in control, but in surrender to mystery. “We so often feel like masters of God, perfect knowers of the truth, while we are only pilgrims to whom the Word has been given,” said Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, former prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches, during a memorial Mass for Pope Francis May 2. In hi…