http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/201729.stmCardinal Francis Arinze is a Nigerian who has long been regarded as a serious contender. He heads the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, which reviews liturgical texts. If a black pope is to emerge from this conclave, he probably has the best chance.
黑人教宗機會甚大,選他出任教宗,可以彰顯天主教的國際性,同時兼顧到種族(打破白人壟斷),地域(打破歐洲壟斷),以及貧富差距(奈及利亞是世上最窮的國家之一)。另外,奈及利亞及第三世界的獨裁政權壓迫國內人權,正需要教宗正面對抗,這和若望保祿二世對抗共產政權的情勢相同。這位黑人主教擔任教廷部長,和權力核心相當接近,人脈應該也沒有問題,義大利文更不成問題。