The Borbón connection? The Spanish push for Cardinal Aveline

With the frontrunners stalling, some close to the general congregations report a Spanish-led push for the French cardinal

As it becomes clear to cardinals that the two main papabili, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, may have difficulty achieving the 89 votes necessary to become pope, some have started pivoting towards other names under consideration as a “plan B.”

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille. Image credit: Archdiocese of Marseille.

While m…