While the conclave that will choose the next Pope is only set to begin between May 6 and May 11, unofficially the Vatican is bustling with articulations and speculations.
While late Pope Francis stacked the voting college of Cardinals with hundreds of ‘progressives’, there has been, since Francis’ passing, a surprising surge of support for a conservative Cardinal, Robert Sarah, to be the successor to the Throne of Peter.
The Telegraph reported:
“Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea is exactly the kind of ‘anti-woke pope’ that many conservative and traditionalist Catholics yearn for after more than a decade in which the progressive element of the Roman Church has been in the ascendant.”
Cardinal Robert Sarah is the man who sensible people would choose as the next Pope.
He understands how rejecting your sex is “Luciferian”.
Conservatives are told they are “racist” yet most I speak to want this man as Pope. Interesting…. pic.twitter.com/8LhUuXd5rI
— Miss Jo (@therealmissjo) April 24, 2025
With Sarah, there’s no talk of same-sex marriage or gender ideology. He is attuned to ‘the dangers of Western secularism, Islamic fundamentalism and the threat uncontrolled migration poses to European culture and values’.
“There was only one problem. Before Monday, few, not even most, credible Catholic conservatives thought he had the slightest chance. He was thought too outspoken, too conservative and, at 79, quite possibly too old to win sufficient support in the College of Cardinals, who will meet in conclave in the Sistine Chapel over the coming weeks to choose a new pontiff. Betting sites gave him just a 2 per cent shot at becoming the next pope.”
The next Pope should be Cardinal Robert Sarah. pic.twitter.com/agWMJJLuTs
— Trad West (@trad_west_) April 21, 2025
A video interview with Sarah discussing migration to Europe also went viral.
“’My biggest worry is that Europe has lost the sense of its origins’, the footage shows Cardinal Sarah as saying. ‘It has lost its roots… I’m afraid the West is dying… You are invaded still by other cultures, other people which will progressively dominate you by their numbers and completely change your culture, your convictions, your culture’.”
WOW! One of the frontrunners for Pope, Cardinal Robert Sarah, is a HARDLINER against mass migration pic.twitter.com/EJCbgofoXt
HUGE!
“I’m afraid the west is dying. You’re being invaded by other cultures, other peoples…which will progressively dominate you by their numbers,…
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 21, 2025
“It remains to be seen whether the online attention the cardinal has received translates into the kind of momentum that could propel him to the papacy. His odds have certainly significantly shortened in the past 24 hours, with William Hill quoting him at 14/1, making him the seventh favorite.
[…] Cardinal Sarah has long defended himself against accusations of disloyalty to Pope Francis, telling Corriere della Sera in 2019: ‘Those who place me in opposition to the Holy Father cannot present a single word of mine, a single phrase or a single attitude to support their absurd – and I would say, diabolical – affirmations’.”
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In Vatican Rumors and on Social Media, Support for a Conservative as Next Pope Is Surging – But Francis Installed 80% of ‘Progressive’ Cardinals Who Will Vote in the Conclave
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