(FILES) New Cardinal Congolese prelate Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (L) reacts after being appointed by Pope Francis (R) during an Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new cardinals, for the imposition of the biretta, the consignment of the ring and the assignment of the Title or Diaconate, on October 5, 2019 at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. As Africa's share of the Catholic population booms, mirroring its growing share of the world population as the continent grows while Europe has greyed and secularised, renewed attention has turned to whether the church is ready for its first black pope. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
In 2010, Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson said he was not ready to become pope — and that the Catholic Church might not be either.
“I wouldn’t want to be that fi
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