[markomalley]

This is the result of an unsourced article published in the left-leaning El Pais newspaper ( http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/09/23/inenglish/1379952868_934748.html)

It’s a completely bogus report.

And Lombardi ought to know better than to give that kind of mealy-mouth response as he did.

[NYer]

This is the result of an unsourced article published in the left-leaning El Pais newspaper

A former Brazilian priest, Juan Arias, was the man who first put forward the prospect of an imminent appointment of a female cardinal, when he wrote the idea was 'not a joke', in the Spanish newspaper El Pais in September.

He quoted an unnamed priest as saying: 'Knowing this Pope, he wouldn't hesitate before appointing a woman cardinal.

Could this married feminist be the Catholic Church's first woman cardinal? Rumours rife that reforming Pope Francis is preparing to break with 900 years of history

Toss a crumb to the msm and they will turn it into a fabrication.