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Conclave Expected for Later This Year
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Two cardinals turned 80 last week, bringing the total number of cardinals eligible to vote in a possible conclave to 109.
Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida, the retired archbishop of Detroit, turned 80 on March 18, and New Zealand’s Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams, the retired archbishop of Wellington, turned 80 on Saturday.
The College of Cardinals is currently made up of 182 members, with 73 of them being 80 years old or older, and thus ineligible to vote in a conclave.
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VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Two cardinals turned 80 last week, bringing the total number of cardinals eligible to vote in a possible conclave to 109.
Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida, the retired archbishop of Detroit, turned 80 on March 18, and New Zealand’s Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams, the retired archbishop of Wellington, turned 80 on Saturday.
The College of Cardinals is currently made up of 182 members, with 73 of them being 80 years old or older, and thus ineligible to vote in a conclave.
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