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Gossip rife over next pope amid John Paul II succession talk
Vatican watchers push rumors on papal candidates after Pope John Paul II's 80th birthday. Possible Italian return to normalcy, or a prelate from the developing world. Names include Cardinal Etchegaray, Ruini, Martini, Arinze, Ortega, Rivera, Vik, Danneels. many under 80 eligible to vote, with up to 20 potential electors named by fall.
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Vatican
John Paul II
Vittorio Messart
John Paul
Jerusalem
Dinal Basil Hume
New York
John O'Connor
Joseph Fiorenza
Galveston-Houston
Roger Etchegaray
Camillo Ruini
Italian Bishops Conference
United States
Dionigi Tettamanzi
Genoa
Carlo Maria Martini
Milan
Martini
Francis Arinze
Pontifical Council For Interreligious Dialogue
Jaime Ortega
Havana
Cuba
Norberto Rivera
Mexico
Miloslav Vik
Czech Republic
Godfried Danneels
Belgium
Erich Leitenberger
Kathpress
Leitenberger
Bernardo Cervellera