From WSJopinion: The next pope must attend to the dying “Catholic Lite” parts of the church—those no longer confident that Catholicism offers the world important truths, writes George Weigel
The past four papal elections haven’t been kind to prognosticators. The 1978 conclaves—which elected Albino Luciani as John Paul I, then Karol Wojtyła as John Paul II—confirmed the adage that “he who enters the conclave a pope leaves it a cardinal.”
In August 1978, the putatively leading candidates didn’t get out of the starting blocks. John Paul I died in September after a 33-day pontificate, and two cardinals favored by the Great Mentioner deadlocked in the October conclave, opening the door to Wojtyła’s stunning election....
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