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Originally Posted by JaceXXX
whyy are they electing a 78 year old man right after the 84 year old man died?
i don't get it, i would think they could want a younger person, someone that will around for many years to come
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Apparently, they typically follow a pope who served for a great length of time, with someone who'll only serve for a short while.
This is done by design.
I'm not sure why. That's all the information I could gather throughout the previous pope's deathwatch, when the were speculating on who the new pope would be.