WI Reginald Cardinal Pole was elected Pope?

in 1536 Pope Paul III mad Reginald Pole a Cardinal... (In his youth he was considered as a suitable husband for Mary Tudor daughter of Henry VIII and he had a claim to the English throne himself...) During the Conclave of 1549-1550 he fell 1-2 votes short of the 2/3 majority needed to be elected Pope...
WI He had secured the 2/3 majority and was elected Pope (as Hadrian VII perhaps...)
How is his election affects England and Europe? Could he be able to stop Protestantism in England and support Queen Mary I effectively?
 
in 1536 Pope Paul III mad Reginald Pole a Cardinal... (In his youth he was considered as a suitable husband for Mary Tudor daughter of Henry VIII and he had a claim to the English throne himself...) During the Conclave of 1549-1550 he fell 1-2 votes short of the 2/3 majority needed to be elected Pope...
WI He had secured the 2/3 majority and was elected Pope (as Hadrian VII perhaps...)
How is his election affects England and Europe? Could he be able to stop Protestantism in England and support Queen Mary I effectively?

Sorry, could not resist, could not resist

We'd have a Pole for a Pope almost half a millennium BEFORE John Paul II

Seriously, I don't suppose it would make a whole lot of difference to England. Most of the population by then was some sort of protestant (even anglo-catholics liked the English bible and services, e.g.) and unless Pole pulled off some major reforms in the RC church ( a la Vatican II), I don't think he'd make any noticeable headway in England. If he did make those changes, he'd probably face massive resentment in the rest of the RC church.
 
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