Reuters names Francis Arinze of Nigeria, Joseph Bergoglio of Argentina, Castrillon Hoyos of Colombia, Godfried Danneels of Belgium (he has an appropriate first name, and his last name sounds like "Dan kneels"), Ivan Dias of India and Claudio Hummes of Brazil.
The International Herald Tribune also names the Nigerian and the Colombian, and adds Oscar Andres Rodrigues Maradiaga of Honduras, Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, and some Italians: Dionigi Tettamanzi of Milan, Angelo Scola of Venice, Giovanni Battista Re of the Vatican, Ennio Antonelli of Florence, and Tarcisio Bertone of Genoa. (20 of the 117 electors are from Italy. The theory is that the Italians want the Papacy back.)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette mentions the Italians, substituting Severino Poletto of Turin for the Vatican's Re. They also throw Christoph Schoenborn of Vienna into the mix. From Latin America, they also have Bergoglio/Argentina, Hummes/Brazil and Maradiaga/Honduras, adding Geraldo Agnelo of Brazil, Francisco Ossa of Chile and Noberto Carrera of Mexico. They dismiss the Nigerian's chances. Along with the Belgian Danneels, they mention Walter Kasper of Germany. Dias of India is described as a dark horse, as is Lubomyr Husar of the Ukraine.
That's a lot of names.
I suspect those irreverent souls at Enterpool will launch a Papal Pool very soon.
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