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Who are the possible papal contenders?
Black smoke is seen from the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have failed to elect a new Pope April 19, 2005 in Vatican City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Posted: 02/28/2013
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One-hundred and fifteen cardinals will be voting in the next few weeks to choose Pope Benedict's XVI successor. Should they return the papacy to an Italian, stick with a pontiff from elsewhere in Europe, or follow the trends in the church and look to Africa or across the Atlantic? Here's a look at some possible contenders:
FROM EUROPE:
-- Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan
-- Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, archbishop of Vienna
-- Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of Vatican's culture office
FROM AFRICA:
-- Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana, head of the Vatican's justice and peace office
FROM LATIN AMERICA:
-- Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo
-- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina
-- Cardinal Leonardo Sandri of Argentina
FROM NORTH AMERICA:
-- Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada, head of the Vatican's office for bishops
-- Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York
FROM ASIA:
-- Cardinal Antonio Tagle, the archbishop of Manila
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-- Brian Murphy
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