Earlier this week Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would resign from his role as the leader of the Catholic Church on 28 February. Many are now speculating that the next pope might be from Africa.
Ghanaian basal Peter Turkson, at a almost active 64 years old, is a boundless favourite for the job. Betting abode William Hill has called Turkson as a 3/1 favourite, while he is aswell the favourite at Ladbrokes.
Other African cardinals that accept been listed as possibilities for the job are Basal Francis Arinze of Nigeria, the 74-year-old Abbey of Kinshasa Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of DRC and 69-year-old Nigerian John Onaiyekan, 69, the Abuja archbishop.
Reports that the next pope may appear from Africa acceleration from the advance of the Catholic acceptance in the southern hemisphere, decidedly Africa and Latin America.
As abundant as abounding humans would like to see an African pope elected, the demographics of the Academy of Cardinals makes this acutely unlikely. The academy is fabricated up of 117 members, of which alone 18 are from Africa.
In an account with with The Associated Press beforehand this week, Turkson humbly fielded suggestions that he ability be the next pope, saying: "I've consistently answered 'if it's the will of God', getting the pope of the abbey is not traveling to be an simple task." The Ghanaian added: "We charge to adjustment our credibility.
Our pastors charge to be believed in afresh and recognised and taken seriously. If we say we are chaste clergy, we charge to reside anxiously to that celibacy. There's one affair we can't accommodation on and that's our credibility."
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