Could next pope be a Mumbaiite?
Apr 12, 2005 Mumbais Archbishop Ivan Dias may be among the contenders, for the post of the next pope, if strong speculation by church-going communities is, anything to go by. (Times of Oman, 11 of April 2005) MUMBAI Probably true is how Fr Praveen Fernandes, spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Bombay, reacts to the reports. The deterioration in Pope John Paul IIs health intensified speculation over who will succeed him, but whatever happens the choice is expected to reflect the profound changes within the Roman Catholic Church in the past decades. The Vatican yesterday said the Pope was struggling between life and death after his condition deteriorated dramatically following an overnight heart attack. The 84-year-old pope is conscious, lucid and serene, a Vatican spokesman said in Rome but added the pontiff had received rites administered to the ill when approaching death. The death of the Pope immediately sets into motion a historic chain of events to elect a successor and prevent any
