Betting odds on who the next pope will be
There are several possible successors, and while American markets do not currently have betting markets on the next pope, international markets are already taking wagers.
According to OddsChecker, Pietro Parolin, 70, is the favorite to be the next pope at +350, meaning if you bet $100 and Parolin was elected, you'd receive $350.
Parolin is the Vatican's secretary of state and has held the position since 2013. He is from Italy and was ordained in 1980.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, a 67-year-old Filipino prelate, is the second favorite at +500.
Pope Francis' legacy of serving the poor and marginalized
Cardinal Angelo Scola, 83, and Canadian prelate Cardinal Marc Oullet, 80, are at +700.
Any baptized Catholic male is eligible, though only cardinals have been selected since 1378. The winner must receive at least two-thirds of the votes from those cardinals under the age of 80 and thus eligible to participate.
Pope Francis appointed the vast majority of electors, often tapping men who share his pastoral priorities, which suggests continuity rather than rupture.
Anyone trying to handicap the outcome should remember that Jorge Mario Bergoglio was considered too old to be elected pope in 2013 at age 76 and that Karol Wojtyla wasn't on any front-runner lists going into the 1978 conclave that elected him Pope John Paul II.
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