Francis is drafting a document to reform the conclave, thus the election of the next pope, RemnantNewspaper.com reports (4 November). He has been meeting for months, sometimes weekly, with the canonist Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a Jesuit and enemy of Opus Dei. Francis has not yet definitely approved the ideas. Potential changes are:
• Exclusion of cardinals over the age of 80, already forbidden from voting, from the preparatory phase of the conclave.
• Eliminating the preparatory plenary sessions of Cardinals and establishing small working groups with a discussion leader, similar to the October 2023 synodal assembly.
• The electorate would change: Only 75% are Cardinals while the remaining 25% of voters are papally appointed laypeople, including religious sisters.
• The changes are justified with the falsehood of a "return to the early church" - which would be in horror when seeing what is presently happening in Rome.
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