I'm sure shitler will demand...

[Norbert]

That Cardinal Dolan be the next Pope.

Good luck with that. The college of cardinals shy away from selecting a pope from a super power country. They will further shy away from one in a country that is a hot mess.

That probably won't stop him from sending JD Dunce over to Italy a couple of times.

[Mike 03]

1. I'm glad you brought this up. I don't know ANYTHING about electing

Popes, or the politics of the Vatican. But I am worried that powerful politicians could influence the selection of the next Pope. Hopefully, maybe that is an irrational fear I should put out of my mind.

Maybe Pope Francis left his colleagues with a good idea of who or what he wants in his successor. Is that possible?

Is this likely to be a long, complicated and (political) process? Or will predominantly spiritual and institutional concerns dominate?

[Mz Pip]

4. The cardinals are sequestered

No outside contact allowed. There are both liberal and conservative cardinals but Francis appointed a majority of the current group so hopefully they’ll elect a liberal Pope.

[avebury]

2. Good time to watch the movie Conclave.

While a fictional movie it does depict process. I liked the ending.

[Rver]

8. I watched it a few weeks ago.

Quite the ending

[imanamerican63]

3. There is a short list of successors already in place.

Cardinal Dolan is not one of them. Trump will be ignored by the Conclave. It will upset Trump, but the Conclave will never vote a Pope who is pushed by an outsider.

[gab13by13]

5. Krasnov endorsing anyone,

will probably be good for getting a more liberal pope. Were the cardinals to actually listen to Krasnov (they won't) it would turn millions of people away from the church.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. It would be cool if they picked a Ukrainian.

I have no idea if there are any potential Ukrainian candidates.

[Norbert]

7. Good question.

[GoCubsGo]

9. The odds are slim that there's a candidate.

Just under 10% of Ukrainians are Catholic. The vast majority are Orthodox Christian. Out of that 10%, there's probably only a handful of clergy for any choices.