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Vatican Sets Date for Papal Conclave Amid Drama Over Whether Convicted Cardinal Can Attend
The Vatican on Monday set the date for the Papal conclave amid some drama over whether a convicted cardinal will be able to attend.
The secretive conclave, in which roughly 130 cardinals from around the world gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next Catholic Church leader is already prompting real movie-worthy drama. But Christopher Lamb, who is CNN’s Vatican Correspondent, told Variety late last week that the race is still very open and underlined the fact that the provenance of papal contenders has changed. Pope Francis’s death on April 21 resulted in a surge of people watching Berger’s “Conclave” from home, as Variety has reported.
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