I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of cardinals that chose this one are still in the same positions, so it's very unlikely they'd choose a significantly more conservative pope.
He wasn't billed as a radical in public when he was first announced. If any of them expected him to sit the damned chair like his predecessors, they were not pleased with how he did it.
I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of cardinals that chose this one are still in the same positions, so it's very unlikely they'd choose a significantly more conservative pope.
He wasn't billed as a radical in public when he was first announced. If any of them expected him to sit the damned chair like his predecessors, they were not pleased with how he did it.