Pope Francis looks at ‘synodal reforms’ to papal election process

How changes to the next papal election process could bring a more 'synodal style'

Pope Francis has delegated Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda to develop draft revisions to the papal election process, in light of the approach to dialogue used during the synod on synodality, according to sources close to the Vatican’s Secretariat of State.

Pope Francis appears to crowds in St. Peter's Square, after the 2013 papal conclave which elected him the Bishop of Rome. Credit: tenan/wikimedia. CC BY SA 3.0

In a move that could see questions raised by members of the Church’s College of Cardinals, the pope h…