Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

Diplomacy Likely To Trump Geography In Choice Of New Pope

A non-European pope would make sense, given that Catholicism is growing in Africa and Asia, while church attendance is dropping in Europe.

Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.

Pope Francis' legacy is not exactly a peaceful mission. The Supreme Pontiff left the seeds, which he understands as dialogue, and it will now be up to the radical factions, the USA and Germany, to show what they are coming from. The 'class' he gave to the Jesuits in Portugal explains almost everything. The content In Search of a New Pope appears first in Journal i.

There is still no scheduled date for the conclave, but cardinals are already in the Vatican