What Kind of Pope Do Salisbury Catholics Want?
What do Catholics in Salisbury Township want in the next pope as cardinals meet and cast secret ballots in Rome this week?
Cardinals have begun meeting in Rome to select a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.
Fox News reports: Cardinals held their final closed-door debate Monday over whether the church needs more of a manager to clean up the Vatican's bureaucratic mess or a pastor to inspire the 1.2 billion faithful in times of crisis.
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The conclave of cardinals includes 115 clergy under age 80 who will vote in secrecy. The process could take several days with no clear front runner evident, according to a Huffington Post-Reuters report. Seventy-seven votes are needed for victory.
The cardinals—known as "Princes of the Church"—won't emerge from their seclusion until they have chosen the 266th pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Church.
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