A RORATE Guide to the Cardinals and the Conclave

A RORATE Guide to the Cardinals and the Conclaveby Serre VerweijApril 26, 2025[Read our previous piece on the Conclave here.]The spectre of the coming conclave hangs ever over the heads of more than 130 cardinal electors and 1.2 billion Catholics. Speculation is rife. Will the next Pope be like Pope Francis or more ‘conservative’, like Pope Benedict?This question is crucial. The Vatican is dealing with grave financial problems. Pope Francis has not been able (or willing) to solve this problem, in spite of the fact that it was part of the reform mandate he received in 2013. The Vatican...