These are the Spanish Cardinals who can happen to Francisco Kababa
propagandaWith the official vision now vacant, the Vatican enters Transitional It is known as “vacant headquarters”, a period without potatoes in which a very specific protocol is activated. During this time, Shrimp is responsible for the temporary management of the churchPreparing the ground Choose the next Pope.
Voters from the new holiest father They will be the previously appointed Cardinate From the Pope in jobs to be part of the Cardinal College. The member consists of 255 Cardinals from 94 countries, of which 138 are entitled to vote. In this context, many Spanish Cardinals are called to participate in the flavor. Spain is third in the number of actors Within this ecclesiastical member, behind Italy and the United States only.
But despite the Spanish Church He adds 13 CardinalsOnly five of them are entitled to vote, because those over the age of 80 Excluded from the electoral process. On Monday, the President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Arjolelo, confirmed at a press conference in it There will finally be four Spanish Cardinals who will participate In Conclave to choose the next Pope.
It is about Jose KoboThe head of the Bishops of Madrid; Al -Fakhri Cardinal in Madrid, Carlos Osoro; Barcelona bishops, Juan Jose OmelaLikewise Antonio CanzarerisThe former president of the Episcopal Conference. In addition, there are also others Cardinals born in SpainBut this does not represent the country, as the largest president of the university for sales Angel Fernández Artime; Or Cardinal from Rabat (Morocco), Cristopal Lopez Romero.
What is the Spanish Cardinate will participate on the side?
Antonio Kanizares Lovra (Valencia, 1945), 79, is President of Valencia’s bishops since October 2022When Pope Francis accepted his resignation and Ain Enrique Benavint instead.
CAñizares Cardinal was appointed in 2006 Pordek 16 and the exercise of Vice President From the Spanish episcopal conference in two periods: between 2005 and 2008, and again between 2017 and 2020. The President of the Episcopal Conference, Luis Arjlo, said that there are “serious doubts” about the possibility of Canazaris traveled to Rome for health reasons, although he made it clear that he does not agree with him to confirm his help.
The second Cardinal to participate in the side is Carlos Osoro Sierra (Kantbria, 1945), 79 years old, who served as the head of the Archbishop of Madrid for approximately ten years, from 2014 to June 2023, after it was Francisco appointed it. In November 2016, the Pope also He gave him the title of Sheikh Cardinal. In addition, Osuru was the Vice President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference during the period 2020-2024.
On the other side, Jose Kobo KanoJaén Bishop 59 -years old, travels to Rome to participate in The Conclave. Copo, the head of Madrid bishops, were appointed in July 2023, and just one day after his appointment, Pope Francis announced his intention To upload it to the Cardinal, the dignity that Copo assumed in September of the same year. Since March 2024, he also has a position Vice President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference.
Finally: Juan Jose OmelaThe current president of Barcelona and the former president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference. Throughout his career, he held many episcopal positions: He was a bishop in Zarzezza between 1996 and 1999, Bishop of Barbastero Monzonzone until 2004, and then, the head of the Calorara Diocese and Rawd Rudd until 2015.
They are looking for Pope Francis’s reform lineOMELLA showed a progressive vision, although some nuances regarding its predecessor. During the political struggle in Catalonia, he played the role of mediator. The former presidentCarlis Boigdimon chose it as an element of relationship Between the central government and independence during the Mariano Rajoy phase.
Who are the favorites to be the next Pope?
According to the scheduled calendar, Conclave will start in about two or three weeks. The president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Arjlo, has speculated that he is “definitely” “Some surprise.” In data for the Spanish media, Argüello said that “the lists of candidates, the Paradise, are made of the Pope, and then these lists were not left.”
but, Speculation about the successor of Pope Francis. Among the most mentioned names Cardinal Peter Erdo, Bishop Budapest And the precedence of Hungary, as well as Reinhard Marx, The former president of the German Episcopal Conference and a stable defender for the controversial process of the “Synod” dialogue in the church German.
Other favorite candidates are: Cardinal Cardinal Mark OlitWhich directed the influential office of the Vatican bishop of more than a decade; Italian Petro Barolin, Francisco Minister of State since 2014; American Robert Brevost; cardinal Robert Sarah From Guinea Cardinal Christophe ShonbornHead of Vienna Archbishop, as well as Philippine Louis TajilWhich can become the first Asian back.
