Jeanie Hannaman

By Nicole Weatherholtz, NewsMax - As the Vatican's College of Cardinals gathers next week to select a new pope, Father Gerald Murray of St. Joseph's Church in New York City told Newsmax that he expects it will pick someone with "a more traditional view of Catholic doctrine" than the late Pope Francis held... "That's going to be the big challenge for the College of Cardinals," Murray said Wednesday on "Wake Up America." "My estimation is that they're going to return to a more John Paul II-, Benedict-style and substance of governance in the church. Pope Francis did many good things, but he also caused a lot of confusion, sad to say, by contradicting John Paul II and Benedict."

By The Wanderer (Rorate Caeli), Argentina - When the Church is in a vacant see, the offices must be very straightforward and clear. And so they always were. But Bergoglio had a heavy hand and, besides reforming the Curia, he also reformed the funerals. Fortunately, he did not have time to reform the conclave. Consequently, by changing without legislating, chaos ensues, which increases when those in charge are useless... The improvisation and exceptionality of recent years are now taking their toll. The conclave that is looming on the horizon will be one of the most complex in history. Not only because of the logistical difficulties, but above all because of the spiritual and institutional legacy that Pope Francis leaves behind: a Vatican and a Church that is fractured, disoriented, and forced to face its deepest contradictions.

By Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine - Good Catholics were often confused during the Francis pontificate... Not even months into his new pontificate, Pope Francis declared, to a group of young people in Paraguay, “Go out and make a mess.” A puzzling remark from the Successor of St. Peter. As the years of his papacy went on, we witnessed what he meant. Year after year, he kept his promise... And the Church descended into an unprecedented chaos.