Papal History
Monday, April 04, 2005 - 04:53 PM
In our research for this morning's segment on the life and legacy of Pope John Paul II and the possibility he will be succeeded by a Nigerian cardinal, we stumbled across the fact that there have already been three Black African Popes.
There is also the story of Pope Joan, who may have been the first, and without changes to Church policies, only female Pope.
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