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chris griffinMay 1

Here are 11 cardinals with American ties that will cast votes for the next pope

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Here are 11 cardinals with American ties that will cast votes for the next pope

Eleven cardinals are either from, or have direct ties, to the United States: 10 U.S. cardinals plus French-born, career Vatican diplomat Cardinal Christophe Pierre, 79.
Only four of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors are actively serving as residential archbishops as of the conclave's May 7 start: Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, 76; Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, 75; Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington, 71; and Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, 73.
Two of the 10 U.S. cardinals are recently retired residential archbishops: Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, 75; and Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington, 77.
Four of the eleven currently reside in Rome: Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, 76; Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, 69; Cardinal James F. Harvey, 75; and Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 77.
With Cardinals Gregory and McElroy, as well as Cardinal Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the U.S., that means three cardinals from Washington have flown into Rome for the …

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