All right, can we somehow get deeper into the debate of who should be pope. And just to be clear, what I write here is a service to the church. It’s about the future of the church, and not my own personal interest. It’s a humble service to perhaps help in the reflection of this very important decision.

All politics is swinging from one extreme to the other.

Liberal to conservative, left to right. This is good, and keeps an organization in relation to the reality around it.

The Catholic Church is both a liberal institution in some areas and conservative institution in other areas.

We have just had a very liberal pope, then the most natural would be to find a more conservative pope. This also ties into the world around the Catholic Church that is getting more conservative.

But, the question is; what is conservatism really?

Here I think it’s very important to look at the roots of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is the religious arm of the Roman Empire.

The political and military arm of the Roman Empire fell around two thousand years ago, but the religious arm survived and has thrived ever since. Today it is the most powerful religious institution there is.

Yet the deepest root of the Catholic Church is the fact, that it is Roman.

What were the Romans, really.

At the core of being a Roman, was the belief, that there is a certain structure to the universe. In the heavens as well on earth. This created this amazing empire, where Roman discipline and ethics was the rule.

The Roman’s were first and foremost, ethically good people. With discipline at their heart.

Conservatism in a Roman Catholic perspective is therefore, at its roots a disciplined, ethical person of high integrity and and a good heart. Like Julius Caesar and Scipio Africanus.

Great Romans both of them.

Many point to Julius Caesar as the greatest Roman hero, but to me Scipio Africanus is the greatest. The way he showed Roman’s discipline and prowess in the Punic wars is unparalleled in Roman history.

That is why the Catholic Church is a hierarchy, because of its Roman virtuous heritage.

On top of this, and essentially a more Mosaic thing, conservatism is the faith in one g-d and family as an institution of the society.

This is actually also based on pretty strict rules. Moses was a stickler to rules. The ten commandments are rules to follow.

Yet as any rule, one must see that the rules are there for a purpose. The rules are not the aim. In family it’s the protection of the family that is the reason for the rules, and in effect the protection of the children of the family.

Laws are to protect the weak. Not a goal itself.

I think that that is very important to remember. We should find someone who are ethical with the PURPOSE of protecting the weak, protecting the children and so on. A good man.

G-d is what it good. And his angels are his messengers.

The conservative pope should be, a man of g-d and his angels. A true believer. Who is ready to burn with the sacred fire of the angels.

Conservatism is the purpose of good, ethics and protection.

G-d bless the choice of the conclave may g-d and his angels guide the good bishops to a better world.