06-05-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
A Memo for the Camerlengo
As a Catholic, I pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance of the cardinal-electors as they enter the conclave to elect the next successor to St. Peter and the vicar of Christ on earth. If I were able, I'd have the camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell , place on every cardinal-elector's seat a copy of Archbishop Chaput's 'What the Church Needs in the Next Pope' (Houses of Worship, May 2). If they heed his wise counsel, the Barque of Peter will once again be piloted by a worthy successor to the first pope himself.
Robert R. Kaplan