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| | In picking pope, cardinals move in mysterious ways | News | FOX59.com | WXIN-TV | Indianapolis |
 | | The 20 Italian cardinals make up the largest national voting bloc, but the vast majority of cardinals who come from other countries is likely to consider candidates whose nationality might bring new energy to the papacy and a greater sense of the global nature of the church. |
 | | Cardinal Godfried Danneels, 71, the archbishop of Brussels, is more moderate than most members of the College of Cardinals, and he has suggested it would be better for future popes to retire rather than die in office. |
 | | This time the kingmaker might be Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 77, widely regarded as John Paul II's right-hand man. As the iron-fisted enforcer of church doctrine, he probably is too divisive a figure to be in the running, but his blessing could be decisive. |
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