It doesn’t take much to get the news people going. Last look at the news reports, the following clergy are purported to be in the ‘running’ for the next pope. Time will, of course, tell, but it is interesting to read up on each of them and wonder who will appeal to the voting cardinals as the newly-appointed pope will affect their lot in church life.
Cristoph Schonborn of Austria is on the list. From Italy,Angelo Scola is named as a possibility. Marc Ouellet of Canada is a consideration. I have a good friend and monsignor in Nigeria and know that he and his country would welcome Francis Arinze as the next pope. From Ghana, Peter Appiah Turkson is recognized as a good possibility. Not to be left out, Timothy Dolan from the United States has come into the discussion. One of the conservative talk show hosts just put in his two cents on the possible outcome and suggests Luis Antonio Tagle from the Philippines.
We will be in the dark about the final vote among the cardinals until after February when Pope Benedict XVI steps down. The world is always full of surprises and we will either be pleased and happily surprised about which of the list is actually elected pope or shocked at the election of a man we never considered. It’s all in God’s own time and we can only pray for the discernment of the cardinals as they vote in this rather historic papal election.
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