ONLY A LATIN AMERICAN POPE...MAKES ANY SENSE...

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH NEEDS TO LEAD WITH ITS STRONG SUIT...IN THIS CASE THAT IS LATIN AMERICA...

AN ITALIAN POPE WOULD BE SEEN AS A THROWBACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES...

AN AFRICA POPE WOULD BE TOO GIMMICKY...  AND AMERICAN POPE WOULD TURN THE CHURCH INTO AN ARM OF IMPERIAL WASHINGTON POLICY...

GOING WITH A SMALLER EUROLAND NATION WOULD NOT PROVIDE BANG FOR THE BUCK...  NORTHERN EUROPE IS MOSTLY PROTESTANT...

A SLAVIC POPE WOULD BE...BEEN THERE DONE THAT...

THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF DEVOTED CATHOLICS IS LATIN AMERICA...

AND THAT IS WHERE THE NEXT POPE SHOULD COME FROM...