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Cardinal ‘Víctor Manuel Fernández’, Acting Pope, Should Announce A Cardinal-Creating Consistory For End Of September 2024.

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by Anura Guruge
on July 31, 2024

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Last cardinal-creating consistory, that I kind of thought would be Pope Francis’ last was 13-months ago.

Well, though keeping a low-profile and on his usual month-long siesta, Pope Francis, 87, is still nominally around. But, I am not sure how well he is doing. I suspect he is like Biden, a bit unsure as to what is happening around him, never mind the papacy. This is, however, ‘OK’. Pope Francis also has a ‘Jill Biden’ — in this case his compatriot Víctor Manuel Fernández. I am sure he is doing a good job keeping Francis propped up.

Summer, even in Italy, will be over in 6-weeks. They have to make a pretense that the Vatican is still functioning — even if on life-support. So, Victor should announce a cardinal-creating consistory for the end of September. The one-year anniversary of the last.

Barring any deaths, we will be down 15 electors by then. Given that nobody gives a monkey’s about the ‘120-limit‘, Victor might as well announce that he is creating (via the Pope) 20 new electors. That would make the Victor/Francis share of the electors 78%. That might be enough to make sure that the Next Pope will be a Francis II.

Did ‘Pope Francis’ Keep The Invaluable ‘Suburbicarian See’ Of ‘Albano’ Vacant This Long To Give It To His Friend, Kissing Expert, ‘Víctor Manuel Fernández’?

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by Anura Guruge
on September 20, 2023

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Creating fellow compatriot Víctor Manuel Fernández a cardinal was obviously not something that just came out of the blue.

Pope Francis & Víctor Manuel Fernández have been close friends & thick-as-thieves collaborators for over 20 years.

Creating him, i.e., Víctor Manuel Fernández, a cardinal, as soon as it was practical must have always figured in the pope’s master plan (however sketchy it might have been).

Now it all makes sense.

Víctor Manuel Fernández, as a senior curialist, is sure entitled to be a Cardinal Bishop (not that that has ever made a difference). But, to be fair, senior curialist, in good standing, invariably get the nod when there is a Cardinal Bishop vacancy.

The pope can give him ‘Albano’ right at the consistory. That would be neat.

So, it all makes sense. WOW.