US EditionWho are the US cardinals who will vote for the next pope? There are 10, the largest bloc after Italy
- Ten cardinals from the United States, the second-largest group after Italy's 17, are eligible to vote for the next pope at the Vatican conclave.
- This voting bloc includes four active archbishops leading major U.S. Dioceses and six cardinals with extensive Vatican or retired archbishop backgrounds.
- Among the notable electors are Timothy Dolan from New York, Joseph Tobin representing Newark, Robert McElroy based in Washington, and Chicago’s Blase Cupich, along with Raymond Burke, a traditionalist who has frequently disagreed with Pope Francis.
- McElroy, named archbishop of Washington in January 2017, criticized then-President Trump’s immigration policies as incompatible with Catholic doctrine, while Dolan wrote a 2018 column titled "The Democrats Abandon Catholics."
- The presence of these diverse cardinals reflects varying approaches within the U.S. Church and indicates a broad spectrum of views influencing the papal election process.
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The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather Wednesday for the Vatican conclave to choose the successor to Pope Francis.
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The United States counts 10 cardinals among the 133 eligible to vote for the successor to Pope Francis, including two from the tri-state area. Only four of the American electors actively serve as archbishops in the U.S.: Timothy Dolan of New York, Blase Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and Robert McElroy of Washington. Two are retired archbishops: Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and Wilton Gregory of Washington. The oth…
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