The Borbón connection? The Spanish push for Cardinal Aveline

The Frenchman is a credible "papabilitable" with the bergoglian profile, combining his social tropism with conservatism on the IVG or the end of life. Assets and weaknesses of the one who could create surprise in the Vatican, when the successor of Francis was appointed, from this Wednesday 7 May.

Italians are included in the list of "papabili" which circulates on the eve of the opening of the conclave on Wednesday. Frenchman Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop of Marseilles, is also part of this ten favourites.

Parolin, Prevost, Zuppi, Tagle, Turkson or Rardo stand as the main candidates in the vote for the most open Papacy of recent decades. Aveline, Fernández Artime or Filipino David rise whole as surprise candidatesThe papal conclave: a 'retiro' in which 100 people choose the leader of 1.3 billion and world figure 7 May: 16.30 hours. The 133 cardinal electors locked in Casa Santa Marta will begin the conclave that will elect the successor of Francis…

In the Vatican, the 133 "Cardinal Electors" met from Wednesday, May 7, to choose the next head of the Church. Among them were five Frenchmen, including the Archbishop of Marseilles Jean-Marc Aveline, 66 years old, whose name was quoted among the cardinals who were supposed to become popes.

The Borbón connection? The Spanish push for Cardinal Aveline

As it becomes clear to cardinals that the two main papabili, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, may have difficulty achieving the 89 votes necessary to become pope, some have started pivoting towards other names under consideration as a “plan B.”Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille. Image credit: Archdiocese of Marseille.While many of the more “progressive” cardinals have reportedly started gravitating towards Cardinal R…

Papabili: Aveline, champion of dialogue from Marseille

'Papabile' (pope tip) Jean-Marc Aveline, rising star of French Catholicism, was born in 1958 in Algeria, grew up in a working-class neighborhood of Marseille and, after a long spiritual journey, became metropolitan archbishop in 2019. (ANSA)