Only God can answer that question.
Cardinal is the next step down in the hierarchy from the pope.
There will be no more than 120 cardinals involved in the election of the next pope.
Pope St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) followed Linus.
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The next conclave to elect a pope will occur a few days after Pope Francis either dies or resigns.
No, his posessions are cleared out and the next pope moves in.
Pope Leo IX was pope until April 19 of that year when he died. The next pope was not elected until the following year.
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.
The College of Cardinals chooses the pope in a secret meeting called a conclave.
next yr, because of the elections
There has never been a pope named John Paul VI.