Im not a catholic but the wife is and she has just been watching the goings on in Rome today as the process of electing the new pope gets underway
Listening to what some of the experts are saying there could be a possibility that the new Pope could be an American, Cardinal O'Malley of Boston is amongst the favourites if not the favourite.
That could be a recipe for disaster, he might be a nice man and make a great Pope but in the eyes of half the world he would just be an American puppet to the White House, it would be just too contentious and they really should be looking elsewhere
Its well known that the only real growth of the Catholic church is in Africa and with this in mind they really should be looking at a Cardinal from there or Asia certainly not another European and certainly not an American.
Another front runner is a Cardinal from Brazil, that would be acceptable to a lot of people as well
Listening to what some of the experts are saying there could be a possibility that the new Pope could be an American, Cardinal O'Malley of Boston is amongst the favourites if not the favourite.
That could be a recipe for disaster, he might be a nice man and make a great Pope but in the eyes of half the world he would just be an American puppet to the White House, it would be just too contentious and they really should be looking elsewhere
Its well known that the only real growth of the Catholic church is in Africa and with this in mind they really should be looking at a Cardinal from there or Asia certainly not another European and certainly not an American.
Another front runner is a Cardinal from Brazil, that would be acceptable to a lot of people as well
