Well, he has
my vote. Anyone who ages only six years in the time that mere mortals age eight years is obviously papal material. Bonus: Venice, the Dominican Republic of papal shortstops.
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Angelo Scola has been here before.
In 2005, the Italian cardinal, then the patriarch of Venice, one of the Roman Catholic Church’s more prolific pope-producing cities, appeared on many shortlists to succeed Pope John Paul II. The job, of course, went to Scola’s good friend, theological mentor and career patron, Joseph Ratzinger, who took the name Benedict XVI. As the new pope began his reign, papal pundits determined that Scola, then 65, had perhaps been too young .
He no longer has that problem.
In the months, weeks and days leading up to the conclave that will choose the 266th pope, Scola, 71, has emerged as a front-runner.
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Washington Post]
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