VATICAN CITY
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)
Non-European pope could pair up with Vatican official ‘in presidential-style ticket’
Cardinals gathering Rome are reportedly considering electing the first ever non-European pope, who could pair up with a Vatican official as his secretary of a state, in a scenario likened to a presidential ticket.
By Tom Kington, Rome
3:59PM GMT 03 Mar 2013
The idea would satisfy calls from non-Euoprean cardinals to give the papacy a global appeal, while convincing Vatican insiders that an experience hand would manage the Curia.
At 9.30am on Monday, most of the cardinal electors will assemble at the Vatican for the first day of consultations ahead of voting for Pope Benedict XVI’s successor in a conclave now expected to start around March 11.
Marco Tosatti, a Vatican expert, said that Brazil’s Odilo Scherer, 63, the archbishop of Sao Paulo, was now being supported by two key Vatican officials, former secretary of state Tarcisio Bertone, who is taking on the role of Chamberlain during the conclave, and Angelo Sodano, the dean of the College of Cardinals, who is overseeing the pre-conclave meetings.
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