No clear front-runner for Pope

No clear front-runner has emerged as a successor to Pope Benedict XVI who formally resigns today as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

No clear front-runner for Pope

No clear front-runner has emerged as a successor to Pope Benedict XVI who formally resigns today as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Cardinals across the globe are arriving in Rome in advance of the conclave, when those eligible to vote are literally locked away to cast ballots in secret in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

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