How the American Cardinal became the Pope

Cardinals, who elect the new Pope to lead the Romanian Catholic Church, left the custodian and hungry church.

Meditation continued to start the flavor and push its first vote in the depths of Wednesday evening. It has led to an indescribable balance, with three main competitors. While maintaining their pledge of confidentiality, they returned to Casa Santa Marta, the guest house where they were isolated without their phones, and they started talking.

During dinner, where one of the gluten -free Cardinal was chosen on vegetables and others ignored in the simple fare, who created their options. Cardinal Petro Parolin70, Italian who turned the Vatican under the leadership of Pope Francis, entered the flavor as the front filter but did not receive overwhelming support during the vote. The Italians were divided, and some of the Cardinals in the room have disturbed them and his failure to emphasize the cooperative meetings that gave Francis a priority to the administration of the Church.

Cardinal Peter Erdo From Hungary, 72, with the support of an alliance of conservatives who included some African supporters, he had no way to build momentum in voters on a large scale Francis appointed.

That Cardinal Robert Francis Pierrebost, 69, has left an amazingly quiet American dark American horse, which appeared in the evening vote – as a special source of importance.

One of the missionaries who turned into the leader of the religious system, turned into the bishop of Peru, turned into an electric player in the Vatican, and achieved many boxes that hops a wide range of Cardinals to fill. His apparent ability to be of two places at the same time – North and South America – is happy with the Cardinals in two continents. When the Cardinogers in Latin America looked well, they loved what they heard.

Cardinate said that during dinner, Cardinal Brevost avoid any clear policy or machines. By the next morning, he turned into a reassuring tyrant who eventually left a small field for competing nominations and ideological camps.

“You start to see the direction and say,” Oh my God, I will not use my five -day clothes, “joking Cardinal Pablo Vergonio Seongko David of the Philippines.” It will be resolved very quickly. “

The interviews were with more than ten Cardinals, who could only reveal a lot due to the secrecy rules that bear the penalty of expulsion, and narrated accounts from the familiar in the Vatican how the Cardinal Pope Liu fourteen became. The amazing, and forbidden consensus came from the taboo around an uncommon American for many outside the church on Thursday between the Kardinal College of Kurdalz with many new members who did not know each other. They had different interests, languages ​​and priorities, but one option.

Support

After the death of Francis on April 21, the Cardinals from all over the world began reaching Rome. They joined strong players in the Vatican who managed the church’s bureaucracy, including the Cardinal Prevost, which strengthened her career Francis.

Despite his intimate understanding of the Vatican, the Cardinal Brevost was still among the beginners, after he was the Cardinal, not even for two years. He had questions about the flavor.

He turned to one of the first positions reported, Cardinal Luis Antonio Jokim Taj from the Philippines, for help.

“How does this work?” Cardinal TagThose who narrated the conversation. “I had experience in one of the provinces, and he did not.”

Unlike Cardinal Tag, he also had no recognition of the name, which is necessary in the elections between many new Cardinals who barely knew each other. Without a high -level or clear support base, the Felianova graduate born in Chicago moved under the radar.

“I didn’t even know his name,” said Cardinal David of the Philippines.

But the Cardinal Brevost was not completely unknown. As the former leader of Saint Augustine, who works all over the world, and as head of the Vatican office oversees the bishops of the world, he has developed strong ties and supporters. Among them was Francis, who put his career on the quick path. Its contracts in Peru, the absolute Spanish and the leadership of the Pontifical Committee of Latin America gave him profound and decisive relations on the continent.

“We almost know him. He is one of us,” said Cardinal, Baltazar Enrique Piras Kardoso of Venezuela, who he knew for decades.

In the weeks before the flavor, the Cardinals participated in a series of special meetings to discuss their concerns about the future of the Church. Unlike Francis, who gave his fingerprints with a short speech that shares his vision of the Church, many Cardinals said that the statements of Cardinal Perform did not emerge. “Like anyone else,” said Cardinal Jose Jose Olila Omela from Spain.

Cardinal Jean -Paul Fisco from France, the head of the bishops of Algeria, He also could not remember what the American said, but he was talking to him on the sidelines of the meetings – which is important, as he said, because he was increasingly talked about as a candidate on the basis of his “amazing” autobiography, fluently Italian, a moderate reputation and a relationship with Francis. Cardinal began to ask him for the people who worked with the Americans to examine it, and he learned that he listened and worked well in groups. “I did my work,” said Cardinal Fisko. “I must vote. I must know the person.”

Cardinal Wilton Gregory from the United States also said that Cardinal Privost participated in “completely effectively” in the discussion of the smaller group with the Cardinals.

Those most intimate settings played on the power of the Cardinal PREVOST, where he gained a good reputation throughout Rome as a collaborator in the Vatican section, especially in the Vatican section.

Cardinal Plus J. said. Capic of Chicago, his hometown: “I just like the way he runs a meeting.” “I mean, it is difficult to do this, when you have people from different linguistic groups and cultures, and you are trying to advise the Pope about who should be a bishop, and you listen to all these people.”

On Saturday, May 3, five days before Konkalaf, the Cardinals drew a lot and appointed major roles. With 127 out of 133 who eventually voted in the attendance, the Cardinal Prevost was chosen to help manage the daily meetings before being isolated and the vote began.

He also argued the various factions in those daily meetings on the future direction of the church, which seemed that the Cardinals from the Americas gather around it.

Cardinal Timothy said. Doulan from New York, an explicit and bold figure, has tried to get to know his American colleagues better at breakfast.

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller from Germany noticed an electoral base that seemed to be formed, saying: “It is a large number of Cardinals from South America, North America.”

Cardinal Bouras from Venezuela said that the Cardinals from Latin America and the United States seemed on the same page about Cardinal Porteost. He said: “When you have friendship first,” everything is easier. “

The Cardinals said that the more Cardinal learned about the Cardinal Brevost, the more I love them. “Bob, this can be suggested to you,” said Cardinal Joseph W. Topin from Newark, New Jersey, that he told Cardinal Brevost shortly before the start of the range.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of England said Cardinal Pierwost has a lot of experience they were looking for. He had a missionary heart, scientific depth and knowledge of the world. He was running the diocese of a bishop, putting him in close contact with the parish sons, but he also worked in Korea, the Roman bureaucracy that helps in the rule of the church.

Cardinal Nichols said that he had not escaped from the Cardinals, that Cardinal Parolin, the best Vatican diplomat, who was pushing his supporters inside and outside the range, had deep experience except in the church bureaucracy.

“We are not stupid,” he said.

Raft

On Wednesday, after a long and glory procession in the Sistine Church, the Cardinals gathered in their designated seats and took their covenants. Before 6 pm, the doors were closed for the beginning of Conclave.

Meditation initially runs on the attractiveness of the mission on hand, about an hour ago, to the point that the Cardinal Baroline, who was running on delivery, asked them if they wanted to call it a night and delay the first vote until the next morning.

“We did not have dinner, and there were no rest periods – rest periods of the toilet -” said Cardinal David of the Philippines.

With the start of the vote at about 7:30 pm, the delay, without any explanation for the outside world, caused a stir between the crowds of waiting. It seems that the Cardinals have already chosen the Pope who was wearing clothes to go out to the balcony.

Instead, the first vote on that night was the so -called Cardinal Omela from Spain as “a few initial survey.”

“In the first vote, there were many candidates who won great votes,” said Cardinal Lazaros for you Hong Sick from South Korea, according to South Korean News Agency. The Opinioners in the Vatican said that these candidates included the Cardinals Paroline, Irdo and Bruce.

This is when the Cardinals returned to the guesthouse and began to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of men.

“Once we were in Santa Marta, there was a talk about individual candidates,” said Cardinal Nichols from England. “This is what we are supposed to do.”

The Cardinal Muller of Germany, a prominent conservative critic of Francis, who was launched by the late Pope from his position as an official in the school of thought in the church, said that he spoke to Latin America about Cardinal Brevost and was said to be “unprecedented.”

The Cardinal Brevost’s climate appears to be increasingly growing. The elections were coming to him.

The next morning voices – second and third from Conclave – explained the image clear.

“In the fourth vote, the voting cards were turned over an overwhelming majority” to Cardinal Brevost, as South Korea told you.

Cardinal Muller sat behind the American front candidate in the Sistine Church and noticed that he looked calm. The Cardinal Tag, who sat next to the Cardinal Brevost, has noticed deep breath as the sounds were collected in his favor.

“I asked him, do you want a candy?” He said, “Yes,” said Cardinal Talab.

During one of the votes, the Cardinal Topin, carrying a high and placing him in a jar, and saw the Cardinal Brevost, who knew him about 30 years ago.

“I took a look at Bob, and his head was in his hands,” said Cardinal Topin from New Jersey.

Later in the afternoon, they voted again, then counted the polling cards one by one. When Cardinal Bruce reached 89 votes, the threshold of the two -thirds of the two needed to become the Pope, the room erupted in a permanent applause. “He remained sitting!” Cardinal David said. “Someone had to pull it. We were all tears.”

As the Cardinal Cardinal continued near the triple numbers, Cardinal Parolin had to ask them to sit so that they could finish.

“He got a large majority of votes,” said Cardinal Desiri, from Madagascar.

After his election, he congratulated the Cardro on the enthusiasm of the new Pope. Concavi has ended short and non -attractive, and Liu fourteenth took over through the scarlet curtains on the balcony of Bachelaa, St. Peter and the international stage.

Cardinal Tag, the favorite that the Americans asked earlier, told him about the rules: “If there is anything you want to change about the flavor rules – everything is in your hands now.”

Aie Balagtas see It contributed to the reports from Manila; Josephine de la Broeier From the Vatican city; and Shui Sang Hind From Seoul.