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By the way, too old to be an elector but Australian cardinal Edward Cassidy (born 1924) has a heart condition and has been very ill for several years. Here is one report from 2008: http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_163__article_7305.htm "Cardinal Cassidy, once ranked as the third-highest man in the Vatican, was in Sydney's St Vincent's Private Hospital with a suspected heart condition." Might be a good UK obit in a year or two.

Ricardo Vidal, Filipino, born 1931, "isn't really in the pink of health" and often needs medical attention. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=550393 Vidal appears to have had a quiet and undistinguished career, probably overshadowed by Cardinal Sin. He has never been considered as a potential pope nor has he seemed to have done anything remarkable at all. Don't know if such an obscure cardinal would gain a mention in the UK press.

For one reason or another I kind of guessed that... LOL - not too bloody subtle, am I?

Thanks, Vaagheid.

Your favourite pope tracker finally took the plunge and registered after a zillion guest posts... edit: damn! My avatar's not displaying yet. Failed DeathList 101. edit2: beauty! Fixed it. It is, of course, from Jean Paul Laurens' rendering of the Cadaver Synod: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod

Finally took the plunge and joined after lots of guest postings. I am not a Catholic but my main posts relate to tracking the health of the pope and cardinals, seeing who will become the next king paedophile. Other interests are tracking the deaths of famous Hollywood and foreign actors/actresses. I don't think it has really shone through in my posts so far but I do have a very morbid sense of humour (else, why would I be here? )