Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Scherer New Pope?

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Odilo Scherer Next Pope? Brazilian Cardinal Could Replace Benedict XVI

http://http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/odilo-scherer-next-pope-brazil-benedict-xvi_n_2662745.html

With Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, it may be Latin America's turn to take control of the papacy, and some point to Brazilian Archbishop Odilo Scherer as the leading candidate.

Though the Vatican has been led by an unbroken chain of Europeans, demographics make a compelling case to look to Latin America to fill the vacancy. Some 42 percent of the world's Catholics now live in Latin America, making the region home to the largest group of Catholics on the planet, according to Reuters. Europe is home to just 25 percent of the world's Catholics.

Darci Nicioli, Auxiliary Bishop of Aparecida, told Brazil's G1 that Scherer is one of five Brazilian cardinals in the running for the Papacy.

"All Cardinals less than 80 years old are candidates and can vote to choose the new Pope, but we know that depends on the Holy Spirit," Nicioli told Brazil's G1. "So we're going to prey hard so that the best Cardinal is selected."

Reuters considers Scherer the strongest Latin American candidate to replace Pope Benedict, yet Joao Braz de Aviz is also viewed as a strong candidate.

Born in the Southeastern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Scherer is descended from German immigrants. The 63-year-old Archbishop of São Paulo holds a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

In 2007, Scherer took over the Archdiocese of São Paulo -- Brazil's largest, with 6 million Catholics, according to the BBC.

Though considered conservative within Brazil, Scherer professes more centrist political views than the outgoing Pope Benedict XVI, who opposed the leftwing political movement within the Church in Latin America known as "liberation theology" in the 1980s, according to The New York Times.

Followers of liberation theology, which remains popular in Brazil, believe the Church should ally itself politically with the poor based on their interpretation of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Opponents within the Church condemned the movement's affinity with Marxism.

Pope Benedict called liberation theology "a singular heresy" in 1984, according to The New York Times. Scherer, by contrast, walked a more moderate line, applauding the movement's social mission, while criticizing its Marxist leanings.

Five Brazilians will participate in the vote for the new Pope, according to Brazilian daily A Folha de São Paulo.

Pope Benedict announced on Monday that he will resign due to old age, effective Feb. 28. He is the first Pope to resign from the office since 1415. He visited Brazil in 2007.






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:brazil::brazil::brazil:
 

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Will have to wait for the white smoke!
 

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Great. Someday there shall be an Asian Pope as well. Philippines is also dominantly Catholic.
 

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Great. Someday there shall be an Asian Pope as well. Philippines is also dominantly Catholic.
Scherer is just another German. :)

Born in the Southeastern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Scherer is descended from German immigrants.
 

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@W.G.Ewald

Rio Grande do Sul (South Great River) is a southern state, not southeastern. ;)

People that were born in this state are called Gauchos, and take a way of life similar to the american cowboys.

Obviously this is not the case of Odilo Scherer.
 
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I say next pope is black.
I would not bet on that given the composition of the Conclave.

There are 115 electors.

Of them:

60 are from Europe.
14 from Canada/US
19 from Latin America
11 from Africa.
5 from Asia
1 from Oceania.

The Black smoke continues to emerge.

A Black Pope would be a miracle, but then Catholics do believe Miracles happen!

Mother Teresa did miracles and that is a QR for Canonisation and the first step to beatification to Sainthood!
 

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@W.G.Ewald

Rio Grande do Sul (South Great River) is a southern state, not southeastern. ;)

People that were born in this state are called Gauchos, and take a way of life similar to the american cowboys.

Obviously this is not the case of Odilo Scherer.
I thought gauchos were only in Argentina, but today I learn otherwise.

Gaucho (Spanish: [ˈɡautʃo]) or gaúcho (Portuguese: [ɡaˈuʃu]) is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, Gran Chaco, or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, eastern and southern Bolivia and Southern Chile. In Brazil, gaúcho is also the main gentilic of the people from the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Gaucho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Could this be Odilo?
 
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The smoke continues to belch black as the Cardinal inside the Conclave belch with over indulgence!
 

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The new Pope is an Argentinean. It will be called Pope Francisco I.

Now, with faith in the mighty Jesus, Argentina will recover Malvinas. :rofl:
 

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News from The Associated Press
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.

A stunned-looking Bergoglio shyly waved to the crowd of tens of thousands of people who gathered in St. Peter's Square, marveling that the cardinals had had to look to "the end of the earth" to find a bishop of Rome.

He asked for prayers for himself, and for retired Pope Benedict XVI, whose stunning resignation paved the way for the tumultuous conclave that brought the first Jesuit to the papacy. The cardinal electors overcame deep divisions to select the 266th pontiff in a remarkably fast conclave.
 

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I support the @W.G.Ewald said: "How many divisions does Jesus have?" :taunt::taunt::taunt:
 
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Looks more to be a transitional pope, at 76 he could drop dead at any moment. Of course the same was said of Ratzinger...
 

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apart of my jokes, I like the new choosen Pope.

Brazil is the biggest catholic country of world. Mexico is the second. And Latin America is overwhelmingly catholic. A Latin-American pope will help to attract the world attention for this forgotten and peripherical region of earth.

We also exists!
 

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apart of my jokes, I like the new choosen Pope.

Brazil is the biggest catholic country of world. Mexico is the second. And Latin America is overwhelmingly catholic. A Latin-American pope will help to attract the world attention for this forgotten and peripherical region of earth.

We also exists!
People will forget that in two days unless Vatical shifts to Buenos Aires or Rio de Janeiro!!
 

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Taiwan president plans Vatican visit - Channel NewsAsia

TAIPEI: Taiwan's leader plans to visit the Vatican for the new Pope's inauguration mass, officials said Friday, prompting China to warn Taipei against doing anything to inflame their delicate relationship.

In light of the planned trip by Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou for next Tuesday's mass, Beijing also renewed its demands for concessions from the Vatican in their long-running battle for supremacy over China's Catholics.

But the Vatican - which recognises Taipei rather Beijing as the legitimate representative of China - said it would welcome Ma joining other dignitaries from around the world who will attend the installation of Pope Francis.

Ma is a Catholic
 

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I wonder why PRC should be bothered as to what ROC's President does.
 

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