PAPAL ELECTION

The 115 cardinals will choose the next pope on Tuesday with the world awaiting in suspense as who will succeed the first pope to resign in 700 years.  The cardinals will be completely cut-off from the outside world  bound by the strict oath of secrecy.  Any cardinal who spills the beans is automatically excommunicated.

They will begin with a mass on Tuesday to ask for divine  guidance.  Cardinals from Italy, Brazil, Canada, Austria, Hungary, Mexico, South Africa, United States, and the Philippines are among the top candidates.