Since the largest growing Catholic base comes from Latin America and Africa, the talk is about a Third World Pope. However, just in the last two days I am hearing talk on TV of a transitional Pope ... perhaps Italian or European, but older and who would not reign as long as John Paul.
Thanks for the kind comment. Now that you mention it I did hear chat about the Pope perhaps not being as young as Pope had reign. He was in for many years, it sounded from the yackers that perhaps they do not want to have a Pope in that many years -- it sounded like well he had been in a long time and times they are changing but not the Pope.
It is difficult to put into words but it sound like folks think they would want someone from Latin America of Africa. That the time has come, but, one can only imagine how bitter the Italians would be?