New African, June 1st, 2001
Religion
Are you a betting man or woman? There is something here for you. Bet for an African pope in the not too distant future, and you won't lose! But would he ("certainly you can bet that it will not be a she") be a Nigerian or Tanzanian? Clayton Goodwin is still consulting the oracles.
Earlier this year, Pope John Paul II created 37 new cardinals with a view to extending the geographical scope of the candidates by and from whom the successor to the Pontiff, who has been in office for 23 years, will be chosen. Although it is deemed most likely that, for political reasons, the next pope wi...
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