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By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency, (Catholic World Report), December 8, 2024

Andrea Gagliarducci is Vatican analyst for Catholic News Agency.

Rome Newsroom, Dec 8, 2024 / 18:36 pm (CNA) – A record 140 cardinals may attend an eventual conclave in the Sistine Chapel. There would have been 141, but Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot’s death on November 25 reduced the number by one. In all, the Sacred College now has 255 members.

The number of cardinal electors is the most critical data point to emerge from this weekend’s consistory. Of the 140 cardinal electors, 110 have been created by Pope Francis, 24 by Benedict XVI, and six by St. John Paul II. At the end of the year, on December 24, Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias, created cardinal by Benedict XVI in 2007, will reach 80 years of age and will, therefore, no longer be able to participate in a conclave. …

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