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Originally posted by chideltjen
I can't remember what his name is, but there is a black cardinal (or bishop?) in the running. But he's in his early 70s, which may pose a longevity problem. Of course, the others in the "running" are in their late 60s, early 70s, as well. So who knows.
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You might be thinking of Francis Arinze of Nigeria.
A lot of the conventional wisdom is that an older person will be chosen so as not to have two long papacies back-to-back.