$BTC , $ETH and other altcoins on the rise since the 20th. It is not because of the Pope's passing today or his apparent improvement yesterday. Nor was it due to any statement from Trump or expectations of relief in the Trade War. I don’t know the reason... Who knows?

The next Pope certainly will not be Brazilian, much less a conservative "anti-communist". His mind will not be alienated like those of the "investors" here or filled with imaginary ghosts like those of Trump and Musk.

Perhaps it will be a Portuguese cardinal poet, or an Eastern one from the Philippines, or an African from Tanzania. Certainly, none of these options will please the majority here. But, like God who writes straight with crooked lines and like McDonald's, that is where the Church can grow.

During his papacy, Francis appointed 108 of the 136 voting cardinals in the next Conclave. In the election of Benedict XVI, the ultra-conservative cardinals were a minority (38%) and today may not reach 5% of the total. The Church has modernized quite a bit, and even the statistics are in favor of the broad progressive majority.

Sociologist Francisco Borba Ribeiro Neto made the following analysis:

"It will have to be a moderate progressive, capable of consolidating Francis's initiatives, but without leading to a rupture with the current discontents, it will become a strong opposition to hyper-nationalist individualism, which has (Donald) Trump (President of the United States) as its most prominent figure, and defender of international solidarity," he says.

"The very clash between Catholic doctrine and the international situation will lead him to occupy this position."