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Cardinals count down to conclave amid uncertainty and upheaval
Vatican City AP. Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope amid uncertainty after Benedict XVI resignation. No clear front-runner and plans vary, with discussions on whether a managerial or pastoral leader is needed. Names discussed include Angelo Scola, Odilo Scherer, Timothy Dolan, O Malley, Marc Ouellet, and Luis Tagle amid calls to reform the Vatican bureaucracy and address sex abuse crises.
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Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
Benedict XVI
Papal
Angelo Scola
Vatican
Odilo Scherer
Wilfrid Fox Napier
South Africa
Scala
Curia
Ing
Rome
Scherer
Vatican Bank
Institute For Religious Works
Holy See
Sao Paolo
Vatican No. 2
New York
Timothy Dolan
Boston
O’malley
Dolan
Marc Ouellet
Luis Tagle
Manila
Tagle
Asia
St. Peter's Square