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For the First Time, Non-Electoral Cardinals Outnumber Those with the Right to Elect the Pope.

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With the Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari, turning 80 on January 5th, and thus losing his right to participate in the next conclave, the number of non-electoral cardinals now stands at 123, while 122 hierarchs have the right to elect a pope. This is the first time this has happened since St. Paul VI introduced this restriction in 1970. The article, "For the first time, non-electoral cardinals outnumber those with the right to ele…
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With the Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari, turning 80 on January 5th, and thus losing his right to participate in the next conclave, the number of non-electoral cardinals now stands at 123, while 122 hierarchs have the right to elect a pope. This is the first time this has happened since St. Paul VI introduced this restriction in 1970. The article, "For the first time, non-electoral cardinals outnumber those with the right to ele…

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Misyjne.pl broke the news in on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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