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Papal successor candidates seen as Vatican insiders predict
George W. Cornell surveys papabili in the College of Cardinals as likely contenders to succeed Pope Paul VI. Italians have predominated, but non Europeans now outnumber them, with candidates including Willebrands Pironio Koenig Binelli and others. Odds remain speculative amid conclave secrecy.
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George W. Cornell
Pope Paul VI
College of Cardinals
Johannes Willebrands
Utrecht
Netherlands
Vatican Secretariate For Christian Unity
Christendom
Paul
John XXIII
Willebrands
David Hume
Westminster
England
Eduardo Pironio
Vatican
Department For Religious Orders
Franz Koenig
Vienna
John
Pope Paul
Koenig
Pope
Florence
Italy
Binelli
Pericle Felici
Vatican Congregation of Canon Law
Sergio Pignedoli
Secretariate
Sebastino Baggio
Congregation of Bishops
Latin America
Europe
Leo Joseph Suenens
Malines-Brussels
Belgium
Terence Cooke
New York
John Krol
Philadelphia
Holland
Bernard Alfrink
International Company of Cardinals