INQUIRER.net: Brazil papal contender: Place of birth irrelevant

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Brazil papal contender: Place of birth irrelevant Feb 14th 2013, 01:05 SAO PAULO — The archbishop of one of the world's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese and a man thought to be a leading Latin American contender to succeed Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that neither geographic origin nor age should matter much in determining the next pontiff.   Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, 63, shrugged off questions about whether this might be the moment for a Latin American pope, and whether he might be the man to take the role.   "It would be very pretentious for a cardinal to say, 'I am prepared,'" Scherer said. "No one is going to say 'I am a candidate.'"   Scherer, who leads the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, one of the ... Keep on reading: Brazil papal contender: Place of birth irrelevant Media files: cardinal-odilo-pedro-scherer.jpg (image/jpeg)

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