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The next pope? Which cardinals are seen as contenders?

2025-05-01 10:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling

This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Cardinal Peter Erdo, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, middle row from left, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Robert Prevost, Cardinal Robert Sarah, and bottom row from left, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, Cardinal Luis Tagle and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. (AP Photo)VATICAN CITY A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, but rather the divinely inspired election of Christs Vicar on Earth by the princes of the church.Still, there are always front-runners, known as papabile, who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope much like those depicted in last years Oscar-nominated film Conclave.Any baptized Catholic male is eligible, though only cardinals have been selected since 1378. The winner must receive at least two-thirds of the vote from those cardin...


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