The next pope: selection process starts

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LAST GOODBYE. A file photo shows Pope Benedict XVI greeting priests and bishops on May 16, 2012Catholic cardinals began talks on March 4 ahead of a conclave to elect a new pope after Benedict XVI’s resignation. The Vatican meetings will set the date for the start of the conclave this March and help identify candidates among the cardinals to be the next leader of the 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide by Easter, March 31. A total of 115 “cardinal electors” — cardinals aged under 80 — are expected at the conclave. Among the leading candidates is Manila archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle who is only 55.


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