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Author: By Laura Smith-Spark and Richard Allen Greene CNN
Published On: Mar 05 2013
ROME (CNN) –
Catholic cardinals are meeting for a second day Tuesday at the Vatican, as they prepare to set a timetable for selecting a new pope.
More cardinals are arriving Tuesday morning so there should be fewer than eight cardinal-electors still to come, according to Vatican spokesman the Rev. Thomas Rosica.
The cardinal-electors, those aged under 80 who are eligible to vote for the new pontiff, are thought to number 115 in total.
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