The only requirement to be pope is the potential candidate be a male Catholic. It also helps to be a cardinal. So, yes, Cardinal Pell could be the next pope but it is probably unlikely.
Cardinal is the next step down in the hierarchy from the pope.
Cardinal George Pell became a priest because he was strongly convinced that God had called him to do His work. Pell was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and is currently Cardinal-Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.
The position of cardinal is not an order to which one can be ordained; rather, a cardinal is simply an elector of the pope and the title is an honorific office in the Church independent of the priesthood. "cardinal" is the next order after "bishop"
George Cardinal Pell.
No, there is no position between cardinal and pope.
Please specify which pope. If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was selected as a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.
Cardinal ArchBishop Pell is the ArchBishop of Sydney
He was a cardinal in the Roman Curia.
It was not a single cardinal. 2/3 of the Cardinal Electors had to vote for him.
He is almost always a cardinal, usually a cardinal archbishop.
Pope Paul VI named him a cardinal in 1977.
He was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.