No, any male Catholic can be chosen. However, it has been hundreds of years since a non-cardinal was elected as pope.
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.
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.
A Cardinal and The Pope are two different positions in the Catholic Church.
He was made a cardinal in 1977 by Pope Paul VI.
Yes, he was a cardinal before elected as pope.
If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, before being elected as pope.
A cardinal is a member of the College of Cardinals. The basic duty of a cardinal is to vote for a new Pope during a conclave. Cardinals are chosen by the reigning Holy Father, usually from the Bishops, but not always.