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A bush Cardinal for Rome?

Our Peronist Pope likes to keep his prelates guessing

8 January 2022

9:00 AM

8 January 2022

9:00 AM

Here’s a thought for anyone pondering Australia’s status on the world stage. This country has no cardinal. At least one with a vote when the time comes for the college of cardinals in Rome to meet in conclave and elect a successor to Pope Francis as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

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