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Mbwuto · 04-01-2005, 10:29 AM

What I think will be interesting is if the new pope isn't European. Catholic power is waning in Europe while growing in South America. We could have a Pope that grew up in el barrio. What about a black pope?

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter....word112103.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope/story...055080,00.html

There are a lot of South Americans on that list.

• Francis Arinze (Nigeria, 71), prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
• Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Argentina, 66), archbishop of Buenos Aires
• Godfried Danneels (Belgium, 70), archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
• Ivan Dias (India, 67), archbishop of Mumbai (Bombay)
• Cláudio Hummes (Brazil, 69), archbishop of Săo Paolo
• Walter Kasper (Germany, 70), president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity
• Norberto Rivera Carrera (México, 61): archbishop of México City
• Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga (Honduras, 60): archbishop of Tegucigalpa
• Christoph Schönborn (Austria, 58), archbishop of Vienna
• Dionigi Tettamanzi (Italy, 69), archbishop of Milan

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Mbwuto Crazy	What I think will be interesting is if the new pope isn't European. Catholic power is waning in Europe while growing in South America. We could have a Pope that grew up in el barrio. What about a black pope? http://www.nationalcatholicreporter....word112103.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope/story...055080,00.html There are a lot of South Americans on that list. • Francis Arinze (Nigeria, 71), prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship • Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Argentina, 66), archbishop of Buenos Aires • Godfried Danneels (Belgium, 70), archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels • Ivan Dias (India, 67), archbishop of Mumbai (Bombay) • Cláudio Hummes (Brazil, 69), archbishop of Săo Paolo • Walter Kasper (Germany, 70), president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity • Norberto Rivera Carrera (México, 61): archbishop of México City • Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga (Honduras, 60): archbishop of Tegucigalpa • Christoph Schönborn (Austria, 58), archbishop of Vienna • Dionigi Tettamanzi (Italy, 69), archbishop of Milan __________________ - people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent. George Orwell Last edited by Mbwuto; 04-01-2005 at 10:33 AM..