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• Top cardinal: Don't be surprised if next pope is black

  Oct 5 2009, 12:12 PM EDT (view original item)

  VATICAN CITY — A prominent African cardinal said today there was no reason why the next pope couldn't be black, particularly following the election of President Barack Obama.

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• Top Africa Cardinal: Next Pope Could Be Black

  Oct 5 2009, 12:11 PM EDT (view original item)

  VATICAN CITY — A prominent African cardinal says there's no reason why the next pope can't be black. Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana is playing an important part in a three-week meeting at the Vatican on the role of the Catholic Church in Africa.

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• Synod opens with call on Africans to be forces for justice, peace

  Oct 5 2009, 10:40 AM EDT (view original item)

  VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Reconciled with one another and committed to justice, African Catholics must become active forces for justice and peace on the continent, said Cardinal Peter Turkson of Cape Coast, Ghana.

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