His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan
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Tell me about this man.
I'm fascinated by him.
He's from the same country you are.
And gradually, gradually, you come to a consensus
Now, I say all that, and I go back to my earlier preachiness.
We also trust in the Holy Spirit.
I remember in 2013, when we cardinals were gathering to elect a successor to Pope Benedict, we had a Franciscan priest who came in and kind of gave us a spiritual fervorino.
And he looked out to us and he said, "'Cardinals, you're here for a sacred responsibility to elect a new successor of St.
Peter.'"
And he said, you're all kind of apprehensive.
You're all kind of nervous.
You're all sort of anxious.
Don't be.
The Holy Spirit has already chosen the next pope.
Your job is simply to find out who the Spirit has chosen.
That's sort of glib.
It's a little easier said than done.
But there is a kernel of truth there.
And all of us afterwards—
in those days after the conclave, will kind of speak and describe gentle whispers of the Holy Spirit.