
“Do you love me?” and Peter said to him,
“Lord, You know everything;
you know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep”…
And when he had said this,
he said to him, “Follow Me.”
(John 21:17-19)
As the Church prepares for yet another conclave, another pope, there is vast speculation on who that will be, who will make the best successor, etc. “This cardinal will be more progressive,” says one commentator; “This one will carry on Francis’s agenda,” says another; “This one has good diplomatic skills…” and so on.