number of followers is growing. Forty-two per cent of the world’s 1.2billion-strong Catholic population – the largest single block – live in Latin America compared to 25 per cent in its European heartland. After the long reign of a Polish pope – John Paul II – and a German pope, the Italian Catholic church will put a lot of pressure on cardinals to support an Italian for the papacy. Among its favourites are Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, and Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa…
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