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Meet the 11 Americans who will help choose the next pope
(RNS) Meet the 11 U.S. cardinals who will vote in next month’s conclave to elect a new pope, from the scandal-scarred Cardinal Roger Mahony to the conservative Vatican insider Cardinal Raymond Burke.
Who’s in the running for pope? 12 names to watch
Pope Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation took the church and the world by surprise, in large part because it was a move without precedent in the modern world. But what comes next is as old and familiar as the papacy itself: speculating about who will be the next pope. Here are 12 names to watch.
