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Before him, seated in neat rows of flowing crimson robes, were the cardinal electors, some of whom view Cardinal Sodano as the ultimate Vatican insider.
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In the inevitable comparisons with his predecessor, Benedict XVI, some will point to the new pontiff's credentials as a local bishop, rather than a Vatican insider.
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The 77-year-old prelate is not a true Vatican insider.
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Scherer, the archbishop of Sao Paulo, is an especially intriguing possibility, as he is a Vatican insider and of German descent, which ties him to the traditional European papal picks, she said.
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This is what has emerged from a series of interviews between the Vatican Insider and a number of sources within the Academy who have asked to remain anonymous because they are not authorised to speak about internal issues.
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