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By Gyneth Sick In Rome AND Christina Boyle / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, February 21, 2013
ITALY IS warming to the idea of a New York pope.
The national daily Corriere della Sera lists Timothy Cardinal Dolan as one of the favorites to succeed Pope Benedict.
Insiders have long said the Vatican has an unwritten rule that no American will ever head the Catholic Church but the nation’s fourth largest daily, Il Messaggero, said the Holy See may be seeing the light.
“If the church’s new evangelization will come through a smile not a frown, maybe Dolan is the best candidate of all,” Il Messaggero writes.
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