Mark Banchereau

1 week ago | wfla.com | Nicole Winfield |Jim Gomez |Mark Banchereau |Colleen Barry

(AP) – Wanted: A holy man. Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the centuries-long Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably.

1 week ago | wate.com | Nicole Winfield |Jim Gomez |Mark Banchereau |Colleen Barry

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1 week ago | apnews.com | Mark Banchereau

Date of Birth: Jan. 24, 1960Nationality: CongolesePosition: Archbishop of Kinshasa, CongoExperience: President of the bishops conferences of Africa and MadagascarMade a cardinal by: FrancisThe 65-year-old Ambongo is one of Africa’s most outspoken Catholic leaders, heading the archdiocese that has the largest number of Catholics on the continent that seen as the future of the church. He has been archbishop of Congo’s capital since 2018 and a cardinal since in 2019.

1 week ago | argus-press.com | Nicole Winfield |Jim Gomez |Mark Banchereau |Colleen Barry

Wanted: A holy man. Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably.

1 week ago | argus-press.com | Mark Banchereau

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have endorsed an initiative by Morocco to give them access to the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The foreign ministers of the three military-ruled West African nations shared their countries positions during a meeting Monday with King Mohammed VI in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, according to a ministry statement.