Part we do not know where, the rumor found a powerful relay in the person of Diane Montagna. The American journalist, installed in Rome, is the conservative currents of the Catholic Church, expresses, on X, 1er May, from “Multiple sources” evoking “Alerts” On the health of the Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, one of the most serious candidates for the succession of François.
“A sudden disease due to high blood pressure”,, “A medical team” Who should have intervened for an hour, the day before, while the cardinals are still gathered in general congregations … The terms are so precise and the news so shattering that-extremely rare-the spokesperson for the Vatican, Matteo Bruni, feels obliged to bring a denial, the next day, denying any disease or medical intervention.
If the anecdote is tasty, it is because it would be very difficult to determine with certainty the objective of those who launched the rumor: weakening the candidacy of the old number two of the Vatican, in whom the conservatives see a figure of compromise, acceptable by them but also by the rest of the Cardinalice college? Or, on the contrary, strengthen the reassuring image of a Pope potential “Transition”whose main mission would be to appease a Catholic Church strongly jostled during the Pontificate of François?
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