ROME
Voice of America
Reuters
March 01, 2013
ROME — Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana is not “running” for pope but he clearly has supporters who think enough of him that they have plastered posters with his picture around Rome.
“Vote Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson at the conclave!,” was written in bold on posters above a photograph of the cardinal, a favorite among bookmakers to succeed Benedict, who on Thursday became the first pope in six centuries to resign.
The posters were plastered over banners that had been used for candidates in Italian elections earlier this week.
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