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# Ten cardinals from different countries and the author's choice of Burke and Schneider
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/naibolee-chasto-nazyvaemye-pretendenty-na-papskii-prestol/
- Published: 2025-04-21T17:33:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:35:39.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Observations, Society

The most frequently named contenders for the papal throne:.

Robert Sarah (Guinea), Péter Erdő (Hungary), Joseph Zen (China), Pietro Parolin (Italy), Malcolm Ranjith (Sri Lanka), Willem Eijk (Netherlands), Raymond Leo Burke (USA), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (Germany), Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Israel, Italy), Athanasius Schneider (Kazakhstan).

I, though it is a secret, shall be voting for Cardinal Burke and Cardinal Schneider, and then we shall see

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