What comes now after the death of Pope Francis? (www.bbc.com)

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[-] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There are currently 252 Catholic cardinals, but only 135 are eligible to cast ballots as those over the age of 80 can take part in debate but cannot vote.

You're telling me the Catholic church has more term limits than the US Supreme Court?

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Weirdly enough, they might even be less corrupt too.

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