[MeanWestTexan]

I would think one of the Asians or Africans would be a better choice.

An Asian might do for China what JPII did to the soviet union.

An African could be a direct confrontation to the spread of Islam in Africa.

[starfish923]

I would think one of the Asians or Africans would be a better choice. An Asian might do for China what JPII did to the soviet union. An African could be a direct confrontation to the spread of Islam in Africa.

I respectfully disagee.
We need a European pope. Christianity's base is European and that base is corrupt. It needs de-corrupting and another European pope would be the one to do it.