The president of the United States, Donald Trumphe joked on Tuesday, April 29 with journalists at the White House to Declare that he “would like to be a dad”in reference to the next conclave to choose the new leader of the Catholic Church., “I would like to be Pope. That would be my number one option.” Asked about his opinion regarding the election process, Trump said he had no preferences, although he winks at the cardinal Timothy DolanArchbishop of New York.
Wink for New York Archbishop
“We have a cardinal who, casually, is from a place called New York and is very good,” said the president. The Vatican has announced that the secret conclave will begin next May 7 at 4:30 p.m.. 135 Cardinals under 80 years of age will participate, from the world, responsible for choosing the successor of the Pope and spiritual leader of the 1.4 billion Catholics.
The United States will have ten cardinals represented in the conclave. Dolan was already present in 2013, in which the Argentine cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was chosen as the new Pope. The American cardinal received two votes in 2013 and in this conclave he will be present again until the mystery of the new Pontiff is resolved with the white smoke.
Other of the American cardinals mentioned as favorites are Raymond Burkeconsidered one of the favorites in the most conservative sphere, and Robert Prevost, appointed by Francisco Prefect of the Dicastery of the Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and a Spanish -speaking fluid.
A strict secret
On Monday, May 5, at 5:30 p.m., the oath of officers and attendees to the conclave in the Paulina chapel. Among those who must give an oath of absolute secret are: doctors available for possible emergencies; the elevatorists of the Apostolic Palace; the personnel in charge of the canteen and the cleaning services; The transport staff of the voters or the colonel and the major of the Swiss Pontifical Guard for surveillance near the Sistine Chapel.
