In a flurry of pontifical activity, the Pope has  named 21 new cardinals – one of them Archbishop Fernández, the new head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith – including 18 who could be eligible to vote in a conclave to elect his successor. It has been estimated that with this new batch of cardinals, the Pope will have appointed about three-quarters of the electors. But to say as much is not to assume that he will ensure that his successor is in his image. The Pope proposes, God disposes.