Francis About To Change Papal Elections: Will Women Elect Next Pope?

Francis is drafting a document to reform the conclave, thus the election of the next pope, RemnantNewspaper.com reports (4 November). He has been meeting for months, sometimes weekly, with the canonist …More

Francis is drafting a document to reform the conclave, thus the election of the next pope, RemnantNewspaper.com reports (4 November). He has been meeting for months, sometimes weekly, with the canonist Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a Jesuit and enemy of Opus Dei. Francis has not yet definitely approved the ideas. Potential changes are:
• Exclusion of cardinals over the age of 80, already forbidden from voting, from the preparatory phase of the conclave.
• Eliminating the preparatory plenary sessions of Cardinals and establishing small working groups with a discussion leader, similar to the October 2023 synodal assembly.
• The electorate would change: Only 75% are Cardinals while the remaining 25% of voters are papally appointed laypeople, including religious sisters.
• The changes are justified with the falsehood of a "return to the early church" - which would be in horror when seeing what is presently happening in Rome.
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