PHOTO GALLERY: Could a Missouri native be the next pope?

By The Associated Press

February 15, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST

Pope Benedict XVI resigned after announcing declining health, and eyes have turned to Timothy Dolan as a possibility for the first American pope.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, right, and St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson confer following funeral services for Stan Musial on Jan. 26 at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. | Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, takes part in the recessional for Stan Musial on Jan. 26 during his funeral at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. | Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, listens to Bob Costas as he eulogizes Stan Musial during his funeral Jan. 26 at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to reporters. | Mark Lennihan/The Associated Press