The Conspirator Behind the Election of Pope Francis

After five years of Francis’s pontificate, today’s Vatican resembles nothing less than a Dan Brown potboiler novel. It’s complete with conspiracies of eminent churchmen, sexual and financial scandals, and shady international banking interests.

Many hoped Pope Francis would relax the Church’s traditional doctrines and practices. But few have noticed a remark by one of the highest ranking and most powerful prelates in the western world. That prelate said Francis was elected by a liberal “mafia,” a group of progressive bishops and cardinals who had worked for years to bring about exactly this end.