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Who will the next pope be? Here are some top contenders

By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University

For centuries, the role has gone to a member of the College of Cardinals – and almost always to an Italian. Might we soon have our first pope from Asia or Africa?

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