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Los escenarios de un cónclave marcado por el secretismo: de las chances de un primer papa africano a la opción del «Francisco asiático»

El cónclave que elegirá al sucesor de Francisco tendrá la compleja misión de marcar el rumbo futuro de la Iglesia católica tras 12 años de un pontificado histórico.
Hay varios posibles caminos que se bifurcan en el cuerpo cardenalicio: mantener el progresismo que inició Jorge Bergoglio; profundizar esa senda reformista con la elección de otro papa no europeo, quizás africano o asiático del mismo perfil; buscar un consenso, una especie de transición con una figura moderada que equilibre las luchas internas, o dar un brusco giro de 180 grados con el regreso a un conservadurismo clásico.
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“Hay varias cosas que se analizan y piensan en un cónclave. Hay muchas aristas y claves: la cuestión pastoral, ideológica, la lucha conservadora-progresista y el peso que tiene el papa anterior. Esas son las variables principales”, dijo a TN el periodista y escritor Marcelo Larraquy, autor de dos libros sobre el papa Francisco, “Recen por él” y “Código Francisco”.
¿La hora de África?
En Italia ya se comienza a hablar de un papa italiano. El último fue Juan Pablo I con su efímero papado de 33 días en 1978.
Desde entonces han pasado dos europeos (Juan Pablo II, polaco; Benedicto XVI, alemán, y un sudamericano de ascendencia italiana, Francisco). La pregunta es si ya es hora de que la Iglesia mire hacia otro continente.
El cónclave tendrá la difícil de misión de marcar el rumbo de la Iglesia católica (Foto: EFE)
Algunos cardenales ya lo esbozan en voz alta. “El resultado del cónclave podría traer algunas sorpresas. El papa Francisco fue una sorpresa, no estaba en los pronósticos. Y fue una hermosa sorpresa”, dijo el arzobispo de San Pablo, cardenal Odilo Scherer.
Para el purpurado brasileño, el nuevo pontífice podría venir de un lugar inesperado. “No me sorprendería que el nuevo Papa viniera de un continente distinto a Europa o América. La Iglesia Católica está en todo el mundo”, dijo a la radio CBN.
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Larraquy cree que el progresismo, en teoría, tiene ventaja en el futuro cónclave. ¿El motivo? Francisco dejó la vara muy alta. “La agenda climática, la agenda 2030 de la ONU y el posicionamiento a favor de los migrantes no son posturas conservadoras. ¿Podríamos tener un papa que avale las razzias de Trump contra los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos?“, se preguntó.
Africanos conservadores o un asiático con proyección hacia China
En ese escenario, crecen las voces que señalan la posibilidad de un “papa africano”, el primero de la historia.
“Es muy difícil volver atrás con la popularidad que tuvo este papa que abandonó el estilo de la Iglesia de Ratzinger. Pero los africanos son muy conservadores. No veo que tengan la apertura del papa”, dijo Larraquy.
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Una variable podría ser un “papa asiático”. Aquí todas las miradas apuntan al filipino Luis Antonio Tagle, de perfil progresista y cercano al pensamiento inclusivo de Francisco.
El cardenal filipino Luis Antonio Tagle (Foto: Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
“Esto permitiría una proyección hacia China, que es el gran objetivo de la Iglesia. Es algo que está muy pensado”, dijo Larraquy.
La opción sería el italiano Pietro Parolin, secretario de Estado del Vaticano, un hábil negociador y considerado un moderado entre los cardenales con derecho a voto. “Parolin está muy atento a China”, detalló el periodista.
Quiénes son los cardenales africanos “papables”
En ese universo de 33 cardenales africanos solo un puñado es visto como “papable”. La mayoría tiene un marcado perfil conservador. Ellos son:
- Fridolin Ambongo (Congo). El arzobispo de Kinshasa, de 65 años, fue nombrado cardenal por Francisco en 2019. Integra el Consejo de Cardenales, un grupo cercano a Francisco, aunque es considerado un tradicionalista. Por ejemplo, rechazó las bendiciones a parejas del mismo sexo impulsadas por Bergoglio. Según dijo, las “uniones de personas del mismo sexo son intrínsecamente malas”.
El cardenal Fridolin Amongo Besungu se retira tras recibir la birreta roja de tres picos del papa Francisco durante un consistorio en la Basílica de San Pedro, en el Vaticano, el 5 de octubre de 2019 (Foto de archivo: AP)
- Robert Sarah (Guinea). A los 79 años, es el ex jefe de la oficina de liturgia del Vaticano. Es conocido por sus posturas conservadoras y, bajo ese posicionamiento, calificó de “herejía” las bendiciones a parejas del mismo sexo. Ha alertado en varias ocasiones sobre “la amenaza” del islam.
El cardenal Robert Sarah asiste a la presentación del libro del cardenal Raymond Leo Burke, «El amor divino hecho carne», en Roma, el 14 de octubre de 2015. (Foto AP/Andrew Medichini, Archivo)
- Peter Ebere Okpaleke (Nigeria). De 62 años, es sabida su cercanía con Francisco, aunque con un perfil más moderado y de centro. Fue nombrado canciller por Benedicto XVI. Las trabas impuestas por su país le impidieron asumir el cargo hasta el pontificado de Bergoglio.

Peter Ebere Okpaleke, cardenal nigeriano (Foto: cortesía/National Catholic Center)
- Peter Turkson (Ghana). Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson tiene 76 años. Posee un perfil progresista. Hasta 2021, estuvo encargado del Dicasterio para el Servicio del Desarrollo Humano Integral. Posee amplia experiencia en el Vaticano. Su trabajo estuvo centrado en áreas como la justicia social, la ecología y el desarrollo humano integral.
En este marco, las posibilidades de tener un “papa africano” se inclinan más hacia el conservadurismo clásico que al reformismo de Francisco. Habrá que ver hacia dónde decanta la balanza del cuerpo de cardenales para saber si el nuevo pontífice vendrá de una región nueva, repetirá en América Latina o regresará finalmente a Europa.
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Soros prosecutor ripped for failing to charge Walz staffer over Tesla vandalism: ‘Two-tiered justice system’
A Minnesota state employee avoided criminal charges after vandalizing at least six Tesla vehicles, the local district attorney announced this week, prompting outrage from local leaders who spoke to Fox News Digital.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) said it would seek «diversion» over charges against Minnesota Department of Human Services data analyst Dylan Bryan Adams after causing $20,000 in damages. The diversion approach «helps to ensure the individual keeps their job and can pay restitution,» according HCAO.
When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, the Minnesota Department of Human Services did not clarify Adams’ employment status, but said: «We are reviewing the matter at this time. State employees are expected to follow our code of conduct and hold themselves to the highest ethical standards through their words and actions.»
Republicans across the North Star State have condemned County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s decision, as President Donald Trump’s administration has identified Tesla vandalism as «domestic terrorism» and led a nationwide effort alongside the Justice Department to hold vandals accountable.
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Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., did not respond to Fox News Digital request for clarity on Dylan Bryan Adams’ employment status at the Minnesota Department of Human Services. (Getty Images | Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)
«In Tim Walz’s Minnesota, there is a two-tiered justice system that does everything possible to protect Democrats. As the victim of a domestic terrorism attack in Minnesota myself, I know first-hand that Minnesota’s justice system does not work for me nor Conservatives in our state. If Dylan Adams was a police officer and not part of Walz’s Minnesota state government, Mary Moriarty would have tried to charge him with a felony,» Kendall Qualls, Founder of TakeCharge and former Minnesota gubernatorial candidate, told Fox News Digital in a statement.
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Qualls was targeted in a suspected arson case that left three conservative group offices heavily damaged in Minnesota in 2024. Qualls said on Wednesday that authorities never found the arsonist.
«Minnesota is again bucking the national trend: While the Justice Department and FBI are investigating the nationwide vandalism and attacks against Tesla as acts of domestic terrorism, Minnesota Progressives are giving them a free pass,» Matthew RJ Brodsky, President of Red Ax Strategies and Board Chair of the American Center for Counter Extremism, told Fox News Digital.
Adam Schwarze, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, told Fox News Digital that Minnesota vandals «get a free pass if they have the approved political philosophy.»
«This would have been an obvious opportunity for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office to make clear that the right to political protest doesn’t include the right to destroy personal property. We must reaffirm that our commitment to justice means ensuring all individuals, regardless of their political affiliations or employment status, are held to the same legal standards,» Adam Schwarze said.

A Washington Tesla supercharging station was damaged earlier this month, according to authorities. The Trump administration has called Tesla vandalism «domestic terrorism.» (Lacey Police Department)
Republicans told Fox News Digital that Moriarty refusing to criminally charge a Minnesota state employee, following a string of targeted violence, could invoke domestic terrorism.
«This is a dangerous precedent that tells every Minnesotan that political violence is acceptable here. After Gov. Tim Walz cheered on the loss of Tesla’s stock to the detriment of his own pension. Now we have one of his employees damaging a Tesla and a Democrat country attorney letting him get away with it. It’s a Democrat double-whammy: They insult the professional law enforcement officers of our state by ignoring their work, and then let their political allies and supporters off the hook for breaking the law,» Minnesota Sen. Mark Koran said.
John Nagel, a retired police lieutenant in Minnesota and former candidate for the Minnesota state legislature, said diversion can be a «great tool for someone who is younger and dumber, but this individual had a responsible job and was old enough to know better.»
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«This sends a bad message to an already hostile group of politically charged individuals,» Nagel said. «As a police officer, I have had several people tell me that if they had spent even a few nights in jail, they wouldn’t have committed a crime the second and third time.
Brodsky added that Moriarty’s latest legal blunder is consistent with her legacy in Walz’s home state. Moriarty, who handed Adams a «pre-charge diversion» on Monday, has been backed by groups tied to money from megadonor George Soros, one of the most prominent backers of progressive issues in the United States.
«It would be an understatement to say that Progressive County Attorney Mary Moriarty has been soft on crime since she took office in 2023. She has consistently shown undue leniency for violent criminal suspects charged with sexual assault and even murder. It is one of the many reasons the Minneapolis Police Department has been at loggerheads with the county attorney’s office, to say nothing of the outrage among the victims’ families,» Brodsky said.

Five Tesla vehicles were set on fire and shot at in what police investigated as a «targeted attack» at a local repair center in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 18, 2025. This is one of several Tesla vandalism cases across the United States. (Hal Sparks via Storyful)
Nagel questioned how many tax dollars were invested in finding Adams «only to have their efforts wiped out by a progressive prosecutor» and leaving Minnesota dealerships on alert «knowing someone can come into their lot and damage cars.»
As Republicans ripped the state’s «soft on crime» practices, they tied Walz’s own anti-Telsa rhetoric to the string of violence against Elon Musk’s multi-billionaire electric vehicle business. Amid the string of attacks on Tesla as its stock was taking a tumble, Walz told a Wisconsin town hall that he checks Tesla’s stock when he wants to feel better.
«Gov. Walz’s rhetoric on Tesla stock, Democrats all over the country spewing,’We need to rise up and take it to the streets’ is all fueling the fire. Angry elected Democrats are encouraging this kind of behavior. Refusing to hold adults accountable for attacks based on their political hatred is bound to end badly for regular folks,» Nagel added.

Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros smiles after delivering a speech on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 24, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Brodsky said each Tesla vandalized is a felony, adding: «These crimes didn’t take place in a vacuum either, with progressives focusing their anger at Elon Musk and DOGE’s effort to shrink the bloated federal workforce.»
«It’s likely not a coincidence that the suspect in this case is a State of Minnesota employee with the Department of Human Services. Moreover, these attacks began the same day that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made controversial remarks where he cheered the decline of Tesla stocks and disparaged Elon Musk at a Wisconsin event on March 18. The double-standards here speak for themselves. Political violence appears to be acceptable if carried out by progressives. Needless to say, this will undoubtedly embolden pProgressive activists to engage in further attacks,» Brodsky said.
Gov. Walz, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Minneapolis Police Department and Hennepin County Attorney’s Office did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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Russia blamed for overnight strike on Kyiv that killed at least 9, injured dozens, including children
Ukrainian authorities say Russia is responsible for an overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv that killed nine people and injured another 70, including children.
The Kyiv City Military Administration said on its Telegram channel that Russia struck Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles. At least 45 drones were detected, the administration said, adding that Ukraine’s Air Force would update the figures later.
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Ukrainian searchers clear the rubble after a Russian ballistic missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
The attack, which began around 1:00 a.m., hit at least five neighborhoods in Kyiv. In Sviatoshynkskyi district, a fire broke out in a residential building that was damaged in the attack. More fires were reported in the Shevchenkivsky and Holosiivskyi districts.

Rescue workers clear the rubble at a house damaged by a Russian airstrike in a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
At least 42 people were hospitalized, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. First responders worked into the morning, finding bodies under the rubble.

In this photo released by South African Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Pretoria, South Africa, for a state visit where he will meet South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/GCIS via AP)
The attack came hours after peace negotiations appeared to stall, with President Donald Trump lashing out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying he was prolonging the «killing field» by pushing back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan. Later that day, Trump said «it’s been harder» to deal with Zelenskyy than Russia.
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Zelenskyy has said multiple times that recognizing occupied territory as Russian is a red line for his country.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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