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Originally Posted by Mbwuto
Actually there's been an African pope before. Three of em. Now I don't know for sure, but rudimentary googlage indicated Pope Miltiades was a black man. I really don't see why the shock for a non white pope. Europe's catholicism is waning while South America's is booming.
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Wikipedia, Pope John Paul II was "the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first ever of Slavic origin." So, you are correct. and Miltiades was pope in 311 (give or take a couple). So it's been done, but it's been awhile.
