Irish bookies favorite for new Pope is Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson

If there has to be such an aberration as a pope loose in the world better if it's a black African. That will help hasten the decline of the church in white dominated countries since catholicism is inherently a racist white Roman product. In Ireland churchs that have had to install recruits from africa have lost locals quicker than anywhere.

how do I make Irish Central my home page?

What could please the Ireland`s EU placator Unionist Bourgeoisie more, than a Black Pope !

It’ll be an Italian. The biggest growth area for Catholicism is Latin America; the richest church is North America; the biggest potential is Africa and Asia. The only area declining is Europe. Therefore it makes sense to go for one of these growth areas. But they won’t. Half the cardinals are from Europe and will look after themselves.

The last Pope? I doubt it. But the last one that holds such office that allows children to be molested, priests to not marry, women to not hold office within the church - probably, yes. The church will change with the people, the old ones will die out and their bigotry with them.

St.Malachy predicted all the Popes. The one to be elected will be black and the final Pope. And we all die roaring in our beds.

HAHA .THIS NEWSPAPER GETS BETTER BY THE DAY... THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING ABOUT THIS OVER HERE IN MEDIA ACTUALLY WE WOULD MUCH PREFER TO SEE THE CANADIAN GUY GET TO BE THE POPE... I CERTAINLY DONT WANT TO SEE A BLACK POPE... ANYWAYS NOSTRAMUS PREDICTED EVERY POPE SO FAR AND HE PREDICTED THIS BLACK POPE ALSO WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD..............:( .... SO I HOPE WE DONT GET A BLACK POPE !!!

Olovely - See, I told you there would be another article along for you shortly and here it is. Didn't take you long to jump on it with your anti-catholic venom did it? You still sound very shrill and absolutely breathless with anticipation. You must be so excited!

I suggest an alien pope. Alpha Centuri is the nearest planet. Have they been consulted?

Cardinal Peter Turkson is not the brightest bagel in the box, it must be said. He's what they call incurious. Besides I can't see the so-called the (ex-Pope, pope in exile, pope Mother?)gay Vatican mafia allowing it.

Sure, an Irish pope would be nice. Unforunately the only decent candidate isn't a Cardinal; he's archbishop of Dublin, and the conservative vatican groupies want no part of a Christ-like fellow like him. As for the rest of the Irish or Irish-American crowd , too many were mixed up in sexual and human rights abuses and the enabling of pedophile predators and/or are shameless toadies like NYC's Dolan.

Butch 1 is right about one thing: the African cardinals are very conservative. I spent a couple of years in Africa. It's a choice: either you are in favor of the 7th Commandment, though shall not commit adultery or in favor of pro-choice, that shall commit buggery. The 7th Commandment leads to heaven. The free choice buggery Commandment probably leads to hell. That is your choice. I am 100% in favor of an African cardinal becoming Pope. I would take the 7th Commandment choice.

The College of Cardinals will never choose an American or anyone from the so-called superpower countries. Actually the consistory would do well to choose a Pope from where the church is growing and not dying as in Europe and America so that means either Latin America or Africa. That being said Marc Ouilett of Canada and Christoph Shonbron of Austria might be candidates as well. My money would be on Peter Turkson.

I thought that this was an interesting development considering the story that ran on Irish Central about St. Malachy predicting all the Popes and that the lasts one's name would be Peter. http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/St-Malachy-predicted-Pope-Benedicts-successor-will-be-last-pope-190715001.html?fb_action_ids=4790805922183&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366

What happened to Boston Cardinal Sean P, O'Malley he was a top favorite to be elected to be the next Pope.