Who Will Be The New Pope? List Of Cardinals Who 'Could' Be The Next Pontiff

COLOMBO (News 1st); With the death of Pope Francis, the wheels are in motion to select a new pontiff.

Speculation is swirling about who could be Pope Francis's successor after his death.

The College of Cardinals Report, a website run by an "independent team of Catholic journalists and researchers" led by Edward Pentin and Diane Montagna lists 22 cardinals its writers reckon could be in with a chance of being the next pope:

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

Cardinal Anders Arborelius 

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco 

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo

Cardinal Stephen Brislin 

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke

Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk 

Cardinal Péter Erdő 

Cardinal Fernando Filoni 

Cardinal Kurt Koch 

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller 

Cardinal Marc Ouellet

Cardinal Pietro Parolin 

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza 

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don 

Cardinal Robert Sarah 

Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla 

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça

Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi

Sri Lanka's Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith is among those listed by the website.