The archbishop is traditionalists\u2019 preferred candidate for a reason: his papacy would wind back the progress made under Pope Francis<\/p>\n
Who might be the next pope? The question is famously difficult to answer. But we can be reasonably confident that if the successful contender comes from the traditionalist camp \u2013 as opposed to the reformists \u2013 then he is likely to be Hungary\u2019s most senior bishop, P\u00e9ter Erd\u0151.<\/p>\n
If you follow Hungarian politics then you will know of Erd\u0151 \u2013 a highly cultured man, respected for his broad learning well beyond his specialism in church law. His expertise has made him a valued consultant<\/a> to Vatican bodies, while his sermons and interviews abound with historical and literary references. Yet he\u2019s also a remote figure, lacking the common touch that defined Francis\u2019s papacy; ascetic-looking, he\u2019s rarely pictured smiling.<\/p>\n Alex Faludy is a British-Hungarian freelance journalist based in Budapest, specialising in religious affairs<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The archbishop is traditionalists\u2019 preferred candidate for a reason: his papacy would wind back the progress made under Pope Francis Who might be the next pope? The question is famously difficult to answer. But we can be reasonably confident that if the successful contender comes from the traditionalist camp \u2013 as opposed to the reformists … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}