From Life Site News:

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Rome’s cardinal fears Church ‘reform’ in jeopardy, urges continuation of Francis’ legacy

Ahead of the conclave start on May 7 there is much work for the cardinals to do and already talk that a struggle will emerge between Francis’ legacy and a reversal in style.

This should not come as a great surprise as the majority of the cardinals are appointees of Francis. Presumably, most of them, at least, share the late pope’s “Jesuitical” views on modernization of the Catholic Church, even when they fly in the face of church teachings. On the other hand, some liberal Cardinals have come to realize that the continued drifting away from ancient teachings, most going back to the early days of the church, could do colossal and even irreversible damage, worse than already occurred during the reign of Francis. Those cardinals may be open to a papal candidate holding more traditional views.

Still, there is no doubting the liberals have the upper hand and will campaign hard for continued liberalization. Consider this quote from Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, and a key player in the days to come.

Our duty should be to discern and organise what has been started, in the light of what our mission requires, in the direction of a new heaven and a new earth, adorning the Bride for her husband, whereas we might seek to clothe the Bride according to worldly conveniences, guided by ideological pretensions that tear apart the unity of Christ’s garments.

Your Tatler can’t help noticing in that statement, liberals in the Vatican share a trait with their counterparts in our Congress, which is to speak in generlizations and platitudes, rather speak plainly just which liberaliztions they favor. Presumably, that is for the fear many Catholics might think twice about further liberalization in Holy Church if they knew it meant women priests, communion for non-Catholics, gay marriages, and a plethora if other matters that are the darlings of the Left.

But the likelihood is that traditional Catholics will be disappointed when the white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel, and they best hunker down for what is to come.

h/t William Tighe