By Currents News
The conclave to elect the next pope is expected to be the largest in history — and the most diverse in almost 50 years.
Currently there are 135 cardinals who will be able to vote.
Among the electors, the number of European red hats is 53, the number of Asian electors is 23, Africa has 18, North America will have 16, South America will have 17, Central America is set to have four electors, and Oceania will also have four.
Pope Francis has named 80% f the men who will elect his successor.
Normally, there is a limit to the number of cardinal electors — which Pope Paul VI informally set at 120 in 1975, but plenty of his successors have exceeded that number at various points in their papacies.