I think the Cardinals will be sick of Francis, his agenda, and the wreckage of the Church he and his people have caused, especially the Germans and their "Synodal way". I think perhaps there are two options. Tagle won't be elected, because early on he was seen as Francis' favorite boy,and drew a lot of hatred to himself by being seen as the "crown-prince". IN the recent remodeling of the Roman Curia …More
I think the Cardinals will be sick of Francis, his agenda, and the wreckage of the Church he and his people have caused, especially the Germans and their "Synodal way". I think perhaps there are two options. Tagle won't be elected, because early on he was seen as Francis' favorite boy,and drew a lot of hatred to himself by being seen as the "crown-prince". IN the recent remodeling of the Roman Curia, Tagle's former Congregation for Evangelization was transformed into two branches....one for Tagle, and one for Archbishop Salvatore Fischiella, with dominance/precedence given to Fischiella. So it was a demotion of sorts to Tagle.
So option one is to select a Cardinal from Europe (and dislike of Francis and his agenda runs deep among many Cardinals, so it won't be one of the handful of Italians, like Zuppi who is a Francis clone), or the Archbishop of Milan who I hope is never a CArdinal. Instead, they might pick someone from Hungary(Erdo), or Netherlands (Eijk), both of whom are strongly orthodox, favorable to the TLM and Catholic tradition, and have no liking for Francis agenda. Another option in Africa, and the very highly esteemed Cardinal Sarah (unfortunatly he's old). A very daring pick would be the equally high regarded Cardinal Burke of the USA. But there are also sveral lesser known names who are surprisingly orthodox and favorable to the TLM, even though they are Francis appointees. A really brave pick wold be to chose someone who was denied the Cardinal's hat because Francis personally disliked their orthodoxy....someone like the current Patriarch of Venice, or a very well regarded traditional man who is an Archbishop in Kazakhstan.
Francis has alienated so many, scandalized so many with his agenda and pronouncements and dictates against Catholic tradition, that no one like him will be elected again.