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Damian Thompson @holysmoke

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No doubt about it: conservatives are very afraid that Parolin is the new pope.

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4th ballot. That seems to me to be a very bad sign. Too fast.

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For those of us who are not well-versed in church politics, why is it a very bad sign? Is there an average amount of ballots in a typical papal election?

I'm inferring that there were bitter divisions.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

In fact, 4 ballots is quite quick--so the thought was that an insider like Parolin had sewn it up. Instead ...

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Its Just Me's avatar

Thank you.

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Kenneth's avatar

Thank you for information.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

It'll be about an hour.

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