Conclave to chose next pope after funeral
Nine days of mourning for Pope Francis
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - This Easter Monday at St Patrick’s Cathedral - a somber mood hanging over this midtown institution following the ing of Pope Francis.
A spotlight now shines on Cardinal Timothy Dolan the head of the New York Diocese. It’s the second largest diocese in the U.S. but Dolan is considered to be the most powerful Cardinal in the States, and an important voting member of the impending conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor. While an American has never been Pope and Dolan is seen as a long shot, he has served as the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Timothy, Cardinal Dolan, spoke about the ing of Pope Francis, “We can never choreograph our own birth or death, can we? That’s always in God’s hands. But if you could choreograph it, you couldn’t choreograph it any better than what happened the last time we saw him Easter Sunday, the last words of blessed Easter as he gave us his blessing. You couldn’t have choreographed it better, and we thank him for that. The way he lived and the way he died. He was a great teacher.”
After the pope’s funeral is when the papal conclave will convene at the Vatican. The process to select a new head of the church can take hours, days, weeks, even years.
During the conclave, the cardinals are sequestered from the outside world as they consider who is best suited to lead the Catholic Church for the coming years.
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