Francis successor: These are the 8 Pope favorites

The Catholic Church, who is entitled to vote, will meet in the Vatican from Wednesday, and to choose a new Pope. There are no candidates for the office of the head of the church, no election campaign, election promises are prohibited. The outcome of a conclave is usually a surprise.

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Since, since 1978, since the election of John Paul II, only foreign popes have come into play, Vatican insiders wonder whether the hour of an Italian Pontifex could not be beating again soon.

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