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SOURCEVATICAN CITY – A prominent African cardinal said Monday there was no reason why the next pope couldn't be black, particularly following the election of President Barack Obama.
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana is playing an important role in guiding a three-week meeting at the Vatican on the challenges of the Catholic Church in Africa.
At a news conference Monday, Turkson was asked whether he thought the time was right for a black pope, especially in light of Obama's election.
"Why not?" Turkson replied. He argued that every man who agrees to be ordained a priest has to be willing to be a pope, and is given training along the way as bishop and cardinal. "All of that is part of the package."
So, what is your take on this? Would you accept an African Pope? Would you accept any non-European as Pope?
Personally, right now in this day and age I would not anticipate a non-European with excitement. I stand by this due to the fact that I do not believe that a non-European Pope could fully appreciate the state of the Faith in Europe today and Europe's great need for the Catholic Faith. As Belloc said, Europe is the Faith and the Faith is Europe. Europe will either come back to the Faith or she will perish.
What truly troubles me however, is those Catholics who support a non-European Pope because we apparently need a black or brown Pope! Disgusting!
Then there are the comments suggesting that an African Pope would relax the Church's posistion on contraception because the Church's posistion is of course wrong, and the poor Africans need contraception!
You can see my post here to see how wrong this rubbish is.
But it does raise an interesting point that the liberal media doesn't seem to understand quite yet. They have dreams of an Obama-type revolution in the Church, to promote homosexuality and contraception etc., and yet the majority of the African clergy are very conservative. So much so in fact, that I would perfer an African Pope over even most of the European clergy it if wasn't for the baisic fact that an African Pope could not be sensitive to Europe's needs right now!
Anyway, that's my opinion. What's yours?
Regards,
Eóin.
P.S. Non-Catholics are welcome to post in this thread as well, but remember this is primarily a Catholic issue. But your opinions on the socio-political impact the election of a non-European Pope could have, are welcome.
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