Who’s who in the conclave: The 133 cardinals who will elect the new pope

In Rome 133 older gentlemen are preparing for the election of the Pope. Three scenarios are circulating, the conclave becomes a decision of direction and could end with an unpleasant surprise. Each gesture now has weight.

The case of the former prefect for the Saints stirs up the cardinals, whose number exceeds 120 canons. And there are no beds. 135 voting cardinals will be able to participate in the conclave to elect Peter's 267th successor, the next Pope. But one of them, Antonio Cañizares Llovera (emeritus of...

Who’s who in the conclave: The 133 cardinals who will elect the new pope

The conclave that will elect the new pope is set to begin in a few days, with 133 cardinals in attendance, following the withdrawals of Spanish cardinal Antonio Cañizares and Bosnian cardinal Vinko Puljić due to health reasons. Although the College of Cardinals consists of 252 members, only those under 80 years old are eligible to gather in the Sistine Chapel to vote for Pope Francis’ successor. This conclave is the most international and younge…

“The Pope is chosen, not Francis’ successor,” is one of the most heard phrases these days among the cardinals, whose division makes the election of the future Pontiff unpredictable. Pope Francis’ funeral procession will be a six-kilóm journey.

Whether it is called "Mir si Poopst" for Luxembourg is in the stars, which is what the 133 cardinals entitled to vote will lose in the next few weeks.

The Maltese, Mario Grech, currently Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, is one of the members of the conclave that will begin in the coming weeks to elect the successor of Pope Francis I. Created cardinal by Francis himself in 2020, Grech is a deacon cardinal, that is, he is one of those appointed to lead departments such as the Roman Curia, a position that currently resides in another cardinal, Pietro Parolin. Who is Mario Grech? Mario, …