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Brazil cardinal suggests church look to Latin America for new pope
Catholicism in Latin America is “lively and dynamic,” Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis said Sunday, suggesting that the church look to Latin America for leadership. Damasceno is one of the the 117 “cardinal electors” that will participate in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. No favorite has to…
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