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Hispanic Clergy Could be in the Running
April 4, 2005
ALEXANDRA ALTER
In a nod to the emergence of Catholics from Latin America, several
prominent Latin American cardinals have been cited as possible
contenders for the papacy.
Most are theologically conservative but socially liberal, according to
Christie Vila, an expert on Catholicism in Latin America and a
researcher at the University of Miami.
"It would be exciting to have a Latin American pope because the church
will soon be more from the Southern Hemisphere than from the Northern
Hemisphere," Vila said.
Prominent Latin American contenders for the papacy include:
** Cardinal Claudio
Hummes (pronounced "oomes"), Brazil
Theologically conservative, but active in confronting poverty and other
social ills, the Franciscan archbishop of San Paulo is considered one of
the leading Latin American candidates. Hummes, 70, who once supported a
strike led by