A record three British cardinals will have a vote in deciding the next pope but none is expected to be more than an outsider for the job itself, with two ruling themselves out on Monday. Mourners gathered at Westminster Cathedral in central London on Monday, where a smiling image of Pope Francis flanked by flowers and candles stood in the open doorway before a requiem mass in the evening. • Pope Francis death: latest from VaticanSpeaking hours after the Pope’s death, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Merseyside-born Archbishop of Westminster, appeared alongside Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a London-born Dominican friar who was appointed as a cardinal by Francis last year. Nichols said: “I was utterly surprised. [Someone] rang me and

Source: The Times April 21, 2025 21:44 UTC