VATICAN CITY
PolicyMic
Chris Miles
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign on February 28.
The first resignation of a Pope in 600 years will no doubt have reverberations across the Catholic Church, and speculation of who will be his successor is already surging. A frontrunner for the highest Catholic position, though, may be someone in the Vatican’s own backyard.
Global Vatican watchers have tipped Milan Cardinal Angelo Scola as favorite to succeed Benedict.
I guess yet another Italian pope is just what the Catholic Church needs.
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