{"id":451,"date":"2013-02-12T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T09:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2013-02-12T09:19:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T09:19:48","slug":"speculation-on-popes-successor-turns-to-africa-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"Speculation on pope&#8217;s successor turns to Africa, Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nkisiland.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=453\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-453\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-453\" src=\"https:\/\/nkisiland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/la-fg-cardinals-who-might-be-pope-pictures-001-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/la-fg-cardinals-who-might-be-pope-pictures-001-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/la-fg-cardinals-who-might-be-pope-pictures-001-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/la-fg-cardinals-who-might-be-pope-pictures-001.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s decision to resign has rekindled debate within the Catholic Church\u00a0and worldwide speculation\u00a0about the possibility that the church will reach\u00a0beyond the European clergy who have\u00a0long held power in the Vatican to choose the next pope.<\/p>\n<p>With an eye to vibrant Catholic communities in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, the Sacred College of Cardinals may\u00a0weigh the pros and cons of selecting the next pope from another continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s decision to resign has rekindled debate within the Catholic Church\u00a0and worldwide speculation\u00a0about the possibility that the church will reach\u00a0beyond the European clergy who have\u00a0long held power in the Vatican to choose the next pope. With an eye &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/?p=451\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nkisiland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}