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Pope Benedicts XVI's Successor?

Papal Contenders

One-hundred and fifteen cardinals will be voting in the next few weeks to choose Pope Benedict XVI's successor. Should they return the papacy to an Italian, stick with a pontiff from elsewhere in Europe, or follow the trends in the church and look to Africa or across the Atlantic? Here's a look at some possible contenders:

(AP Photo)

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Papal Contenders One-hundred and fifteen cardinals will be voting in the next few weeks to choose Pope Benedict XVI's successor. Should they return the papacy to an Italian, stick with a pontiff from elsewhere in Europe, or follow the trends in the church and look to Africa or across the Atlantic? Here's a look at some possible contenders:

(AP Photo)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan.

In this photo released by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI greets Cardinal Angelo Scola during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013.

(AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, archbishop of Vienna.

Above: Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn holds a book about the pope's visit to Austria as he addresses the media in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.

(AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of Vatican's culture office.

Above: Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi holds the host as he leads a mass at the church of St. Giorgio al Velabro, in Rome, Thursday Feb. 14, 2013.

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana, head of the Vatican's justice and peace office. Above: Ghanian Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson talks to the Associated Press during an interview, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.

(AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo.

Above: Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Sao Paulo's archbishop, speaks as he gives a Mass at the Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.

(AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina.

Above: The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio leads a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.

(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Leonardo Sandri of Argentina.

Above: Cardinal Leonardo Sandri of Argentina, right, attends a ceremony to take possession of his titular church, San Carlo ai Catinari, in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007.

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada, head of the Vatican's office for bishops.

Above: Pope Benedict XVI greets Cardinal Marc Ouellet, of Canada.

(AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.

Above: In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 file photo, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to the press in his residence.

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Papal Contenders... Cardinal Antonio Tagle, the archbishop of Manila.

Above: This Nov. 24, 2012 file photo shows then newly-elected Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines, posing for photographers prior to meeting relatives and friends after he was elevated to cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican during a consistory.

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)
For the Gamblers... In betting-mad Britain, bookmakers have been busy taking bets on who will replace Benedict XVI since he announced his retirement earlier this month.

The favorite is Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson(above), who would be the first African pope. He's the front-runner at bookies William Hill, at 5-2, and Ladbrokes, at 11-4. Other leading contenders include Italian cardinals Angelo Scola and Tarcisio Bertone and Cardinal Marc Oullet of Canada.

And for those wanting to gamble on a longshot, Ladbrokes has 500/1 odds on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair — a Catholic convert from Anglicanism — and Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is offering 1,000/1 on U2 lead singer Bono.

—Jill Lawless, AP

(AP Photo)

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