[SedVictaCatoni]

As I recall my history, there have already been 3 black Popes: Saint Victor I, who reigned from 189 to 199 A.D., Saint Miltiades, who reigned from 311 to 314, and Saint Gelasius I, who reigned from 492 to 496.

None of these three persons was black. All three were African Romans, and thus would have been of Mediterranean or Semitic ancestry.

[spetznaz]

see post 54

[MHT]

I also find it interesting that Sister Lucia of Fatima just died within the past few weeks. Both creatures, such standard-bearers of power of Catholicism in the 20th century, have left the 21st so closely.

[goldstategop]

Augustine was a bishop but never singled out for that distinctive honor. No, you don't need to be a Pope to have an impact on history.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)