CARDINALS ON TOP FOR POPE ELECTION

As the CONCLAVE starts today ( March 12 ), here are a list of some of the leading Cardinals. They are called Papabile which is a term to describe those who are considered likely to become Pope.





1. Cardinal Claudio Hummes, age 78 ( Brazil )
2. Cardinal Oscar Rodrigues Maradiaga, age 70  ( Honduras )
3. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio ( Argentina )
4.Cardinal Norberto Carrera ( Argentina )
5. Jao Braz de Avis ( Mexico )
6. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, age 55 ( Philippines )
7. Cardina Christoph Sconborn ( Austria )
8.Cardinal Peter Erdoe, age 60 ( Hungary )
9. Cardinal Angelo Scola, age 71.  ( Italy )
10. Cardinal Marc Quellet, age 68 ( Canada )
11. Cardinal Francis Arinze ( Nigeria )
12. Cardinal John Onaiyekan ( Nigeria )
13. Odilo Scherer, age 63 (Brazil) - World's largest Catholic population. 
14. Cardinal Sean O'Malley, age 68, Capuchin (USA)