COUNTERPOINT – A rumor runs on the alleged interference of the president in the election of François’s successor. Rumor based on a lunch organized just after the funeral in Rome.
Did the President of the French Republic seek to weigh on the choice of the next Pope by orienting the vote of the French cardinals? The rumor has been running for a week and has been based in particular on lunch organized at Villa Bonaparte, the French Embassy near the Holy See, after the funeral of Pope Francis, revealed and told by The Figaro April 27. Macron’s supposed objective? Prevent an election of the Guinean Robert Sarah, too conservative in his eyes.
A strict examination of the chronology proves how the rumor worked by amalgams and lack of verified information. « Le cardinal Erdö (Archbishop of Budapest, editor’s note) reports on contacts between Emmanuel Macron and the five French cardinals to block the way to Cardinal Sarah. »» This is what is written on the X account of a Stornsen called. This tweet is from April 22 at 11:41 a.m., twenty-four hours after the announcement of the death of François. The date of the funeral is not yet fixed and lunch …
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