Parolin and Prevost: A tale of two papabile

At the time he reached the 89 votes needed to become pope, the 133 cardinals burst into a standing applause for Robert Prevost. When the ovation ended, the votes had to be counted because some were still missing. What happens is that in the Sistine Chapel, many of the clerics are scoring the count of votes as the ballots open and reading the names. As they entered the session that Thursday afternoon, they already knew that Prevost would be the n…

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was one of the protagonists. For many, the Philippines cardinal was one of the potential candidates, immediately after Pietro Parolin and close to the cardinals...

Parolin and Prevost: A tale of two papabile

The reshaping of the Catholic Church under Pope Francis has resulted in a successor few expected: Pope Leo XIV of America, an outside voice whose Vatican tenure as Cardinal Robert Prevost was relatively brief before his ascension to the Throne of Peter.Vatican insiders had predicted him as papabile, though in most reports well behind the Italian cardinals Pietro Parolin, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Matteo Zuppi, as well as the Filipino Luis Tag…