Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle
overtook Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to become the
bookmakers' favourite to become the new pope on the second day
of the conclave on Thursday.
The odds on Tagle were down to 3-1 for William Hill , while
those on Parolin were 7-2.
Next were Italian cardinals Matteo Zuppi and Pierbattista
Pizzaballa, both on 6-1, while the odds on Ghana's Peter Turkson
lengthened from 5-1 to 9-1.
French prelate Jean-Marc Aveline, meanwhile, made a leap
forward, with the odds dropping from 33-1 six days ago to 18-1
now.
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