This Needs a Reform that the Current Pontificate Will Not Implement

The real problem is having men who don't know each other well enough to know each other's qualifications select from among themselves the next bishop of Rome.

That two Roman Pontiffs would ignore a rule, rather than amend it, is neither a crime nor a scandal. But it is an oddity. Crowding the conclave https://t.co/2fQACEXfkU

— Philip Lawler (@PhilLawler) October 26, 2020

Phil Lawler