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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 09:33 UTC

Tag: Protestant

  • Monday, February 25th 2013 - 05:54 UTC

    Brazilian clergy lobby for Sao Paulo archbishop as the next Pope

    Odilo Scherer, 63, who was ordained by Benedict in 2007 heads the five million strong archdioceses of Sao Paulo

    Catholicism in Latin America is “lively and dynamic,” Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis said on Sunday, suggesting that the church look to Latin America for leadership. Damasceno is one of the 117 “cardinal electors” that will participate in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope, following Benedict XVI announcement he is stepping down at the end of the month.