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Who Will Be the Next Pope A Historic Card Showdown
Speculation surges after Pope Pius X illness as American cardinals Farley O Connell and Gibbons vie for potential succession. Italian cardinals Vannutelli De Lai and Merry del Val also loom, with Rome keeping conclave customs intact and voters signaling results by smoky flares.
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Pius X
Vatican
Peter
Pius
College of Cardinals
Pope Pius
Urban VI
Cardinal Farley
New York
Cardinal O’connell
Boston
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Cardinal O'Connell
Cardinal Falconio
America
Rome
Merry del Val
de Lai
S. Vannutelli
V. Vannutelli
Vannutelli
Sacred College
Cardinal V. Vannutelli
Congregational Council
Cardinal de Lai
Cardinals Vannutelli
Cardinal Merry del Val
London
Pope Leo
Merry de Val
Italy