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Here are the top cardinals who could replace Pope Francis after the conclave
Some of the top candidates, ranked by Italian Vatican watcher Gaetano Masciullo and Vaticanists Edward Pentin and Diane ...
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One of These African Cardinals Could Be The Next Pope
If any of the African candidates are chosen to be the next pope, the Vatican would see their first African pope in history (There are theories that three popes from the past were born in Africa.) ...
The New York Sun4d
Speculation Swirls as Several Historic Firsts Floated as Potential Pope Candidates
As more than 1 billion followers of the Catholic Church wait for white smoke to emerge from the chimneys atop the Sistine ...
Afro4d
A Black pope? Francis made it a possibility
He installed Washington, D.C.’s first Black cardinal, connected with America’s first Black president, and appointed three Black men who are in contention to succeed him. He condemned racism as ...
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Who will be the next Pope? We could see the first black or Asian Pontiff, or the cardinal who called same-sex marriage a 'defeat for humanity'... here are the contenders to ...
The former Bishop of the Cape Coast, would be the first black Pope and ... Liverpool-born Cardinal Vincent Nichols has been Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic Church in England ...
What are the church's rites after the death of a pope and the election of a new one?
After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals ...
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Does Louisiana have a Cardinal Bishop? How will papal conclave work after Pope Francis' death?
Following Pope Francis' death, a conclave will commence. Does Louisiana have a Cardinal voting for the new Pope?