Stephen K. Bannon

Canon 2.12 War Room, Chris Jackson, that we were making right from the start in open contradiction to our brothers over at Trad Inc.,

that Pope Leo was going to be some kind of heaven-sent second Ratzinger.

We've got the extraordinary consistory starting today.

It's going on for today and tomorrow.

I think they had a session early on in this morning and then they're having two three-hour sessions or something like that tomorrow.

Frank, why don't you just explain what Canon 212 is looking for

to come out of this consistory.

But before that, for our non-Catholic audience, explain what a consistory is.

What is a consistory?

What is the Sacred College of Cardinals?

So just give a bit of background on that.

What was meant when people said that the late, very unlamented Francis didn't want to sit down and talk to his cardinals?

What was meant by that?

It was a Trad Inc hoax.

So one of the criticisms people made about Francis was that whilst he talked about collegiality, he actually governed like, well, he is, let's be honest, in terms of the Catholic Church's governance structure, the Pope is, any Pope is an absolute monarch.

Whether they want to be more collaborative or not is up to their own personal preference.

leadership, charism, but all of the functions and responsibilities and powers for the governance of the universal church are basically in the person of the Pope.

And of course, the Pope delegates because it's a worldwide church.

But he is really answerable only to Christ on Judgment Day.

So the other thing I wanted to quickly ask you, Frank Walker, is that staying on the theme of...