Perhaps no one in English-speaking world has a better grasp of the Vatican bureaucracy than TR.  His current column is an excellent historical distillation of the bureaucratic office of cardinals. TR speaks of Francis changing the system and its impact on future centuries.  What change?  Accidental at best, nothing substantive. Clerics are essentially brainwashed; not going to raise questions, pursue substantive  theological investigation, like why believe in an anthropomorphic god? They would never accede to the top if seriously questioning  Catholic belief.  Cardinals are about defending Catholic culture not theological inquiry.  They have all the answers. Questions are meaningless. There are no new ones to the indoctrinated. “He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.” (Confucius)  Refuses to hear even the questions.
Whatever cardinals selected  only between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Accidental nuances. Inbred males.
Popes come, popes go; the curia remains.