133 of them will enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday and remain there until Francis’ successor has received a two-thirds majority following a series of secret ballots.
“We acknowledge his accomplishment, but we will select the most qualified individual to succeed St. Peter because no pope is flawless and nobody can do everything,” Goh told reporters.
The archbishop of Algiers, Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, expressed his hope that the conclave will select a pope who would continue Francis’ progressive legacy.
“We have to find the one that the Lord has already selected,” he stated.”We could have spent a lot more time praying together, but
I have no doubt that we will be prepared when the time comes and we will provide the Church with the pope that the Lord has desired.”
