Waiting

Reuters has brief sketches of some of the apparent contenders for the papacy ("papabili").

To me, for some reason, one of the most interesting is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a relatively obscure Jesuit from Argentina. Among his qualifications: Latin American origins (yet an Italian family), an apparently militant lack of ambition, the fact that no Jesuit has ever been pope before, and the fact that I haven't seen his name on many other lists. ("He who enters the conclave as pope leaves it as a cardinal.")

Catholic-Pages.com has a fun description of the election process.

For those with a taste for the tasteless, the Dennis for Pope campaign has a helpful list of current contenders.

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