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Here’s a candidate list
I’m curious to see a Filipino Pope

I hope that this time, we can get our pope from our ever growing and devout muslim population.

Seriously, though, I really hope Catholics keep in line with picking a pope that can focus more on the values of compassion and progress and doesn't return again to a far more strict and conservative leadership. That's the one thing I feel that can make Catholicism tolerable for those who currently live outside it.

We live in ever dire times. A growing LGBTQ community, hoping to find recognition. A muslim population growing in our Western world. Refuges that seek a decent life away from their old homes, destroyed by war and the growing impact of climate change. A Chruch dealing with scandals of attrocities committed in the past and sexual assault in the presence. Women further seeking out to have their voice heard in the world.
The last thing Catholicism needs is a pope that turns his back from compassion and kindness.

You pick a funny video for this topic, while hoping for the most progressive pope on the list.

>>15279
I do have to ask:
> But the good news: we have a possible global Christian revival on our hands.
What makes this such good news to you?

And I don't mean to be contrarian and say this is a bad thing per se. But is there anything you are hopeful fo with Christianity in particular being on the rise?

It's admittedly a big theme in this administration's Easter message.

>>15282
I for one, am planning to get baptized in the coming weeks in a Presbyterian Church. I am one of the many turning to the faith. I have been dabbling in theology for a while now, and have even been imparting hermeneutics (the study of reading and interpreting scripture) and Church history in my congregation. Presbyterians in particular are among the more “intellectual” denominations.

Robert Sarah of Guinea is also a front-running pick

>>15279
We shall see if his efforts to support peacemaking across the world and end the rise in warfare will be picked up by others.

The odds are strong, I would say, especially since the modern view that nonviolence ethics are "controversial and political" is rightfully discarded by most Catholics and particularly those supportive of the late Pope's legacy.

I would say personally that nonviolence ethics is a direct and core part of the ministry of Jesus Christ in the first place. The atonement on the cross is an expression of compassionate reconciliation, which is exactly the same moral principle reflected by the "turn the other cheek" saying. Belief that every single human life matters and is sacred relates exactly to all the other sayings, particularly about refusing to hate one's neighbors.

The man will be missed.