Under current Vatican rules, only cardinals under the age of 80 are allowed to cast a vote for pope. The Vatican's press office currently lists 135 cardinals as eligible to vote in the conclave.

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At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

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Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope.