There are 133 cardinals (following the withdrawal of two electors for health reasons) who are entitled to vote and who will enter the\u00a0Conclave<\/a>\u00a0 (LIVE COVERAGE<\/a>) to elect the new Pope, the successor to Pope Francis,\u00a0died on 21 April at the age of 88<\/a>. To be eligible to vote, cardinals must not have reached the age of 80 before Bergoglio\u2019s death. Names of possible \u201cpapabili\u201d to succeed Francis on the papal throne have been circulating for some time now: here are a few:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As of 8 May 2025, the conclave to elect Pope Francis\u2019s successor is underway. The cardinal electors, all under the age of 80, began the secret and ritual selection process on 7 May, but no agreement has yet been reached. Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel has signalled that a new pope has not yet been chosen. The conclave will continue until one of the candidates secures a two-thirds qualified majority. (TAG24<\/a>, Reuters<\/a>)<\/p>\n Among the main \u201ccontenders\u201d \u2013 that is, the most likely candidates \u2013 several prominent figures stand out:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The conclave will continue with further rounds of voting until a new pope is elected. The situation remains fluid, and further developments may emerge in the coming hours.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cardinali papabili conclave Cardinali papabili del Conclave 2025, i favoriti: da Parolin a Tegle | Sky TG24 Sono 133 (dopo il forfait di due elettori per motivi di salute) i cardinali con diritto di voto e che entrano oggi nel\u00a0Conclave\u00a0 (LA DIRETTA) per scegliere il nuovo Pontefice, il successore di Papa Francesco,\u00a0morto il 21 aprile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5915,"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions\/5915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nuovaluxuryolbia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Pope Francis\u2019s moves<\/h2>\n
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