Francis’s Legacy and the Path Forward: Interview with Henry Sire

The election of Bergoglio took place as a surprise: two communiques had been prepared and one indicated as Pontiff Cardinal Angelo Scola

Cardinal Kasper claims St. Gallen Mafia, its role in Francis' election ‘an invention of journalists’

Contrary to the claim of Cardinal Godfried Danneels’ biographer, Cardinal Walter Kasper said the St. Gallen Mafia ‘never’ discussed who ‘the future pope should be’ before Francis was elected.

Francis’s Legacy and the Path Forward: Interview with Henry Sire

Interview by Matt Gaspers This year marks the eighth anniversary of The Dictator Pope, a groundbreaking exposé in which you explain how Pope Francis’s election was sought and achieved by the St. Gallen Mafia, a group of progressive prelates led by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini (d. 2012). How successful do you think Francis was in implementing what you call “the Martini Agenda” in your book?[1]… Source