{"id":130105,"date":"2025-05-08T07:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/african-cardinals-who-are-talked-about\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T07:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:01:17","slug":"african-cardinals-who-are-talked-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/african-cardinals-who-are-talked-about\/","title":{"rendered":"African cardinals who are talked about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Since Wednesday, May 7, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, to elect the successor of Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Among them, 18 are from Africa, a continent where Catholicism has more and more faithful. Some have a power of influence to the Vatican, a voice which relates to the African continent, or could even claim to become the successor of Fran\u00e7ois. It would then be the first time that a cardinal from Africa would be elected Pope.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article__chapter-title\">Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, the first black pope?<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/30\/0\/0\/3870\/2580\/556\/0\/75\/0\/7ff1f5b_ftp-import-images-1-zrba5axcyxgh-2025-04-30t114425z-1989811020-rc268earpdej-rtrmadp-3-pope-succession-cardinals.JPG 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/30\/0\/0\/3870\/2580\/600\/0\/75\/0\/7ff1f5b_ftp-import-images-1-zrba5axcyxgh-2025-04-30t114425z-1989811020-rc268earpdej-rtrmadp-3-pope-succession-cardinals.JPG 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/30\/0\/0\/3870\/2580\/664\/0\/75\/0\/7ff1f5b_ftp-import-images-1-zrba5axcyxgh-2025-04-30t114425z-1989811020-rc268earpdej-rtrmadp-3-pope-succession-cardinals.JPG 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/30\/0\/0\/3870\/2580\/700\/0\/75\/0\/7ff1f5b_ftp-import-images-1-zrba5axcyxgh-2025-04-30t114425z-1989811020-rc268earpdej-rtrmadp-3-pope-succession-cardinals.JPG 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/30\/0\/0\/3870\/2580\/800\/0\/75\/0\/7ff1f5b_ftp-import-images-1-zrba5axcyxgh-2025-04-30t114425z-1989811020-rc268earpdej-rtrmadp-3-pope-succession-cardinals.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Le cardinal congolais Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, au Vatican, le 30\u00a0avril 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/30\/0\/0\/3870\/2580\/664\/0\/75\/0\/7ff1f5b_ftp-import-images-1-zrba5axcyxgh-2025-04-30t114425z-1989811020-rc268earpdej-rtrmadp-3-pope-succession-cardinals.JPG\" alt=\"Congolese cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, in the Vatican, April 30, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Congolese cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, in the Vatican, April 30, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Amanda Perobelli \/ Reuters<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Will this combat prelate be the first pope from the Catholic Church in Africa, the most dynamic in the world? His outspokenness in the well-established conviction service constitutes both the strength and weakness of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, 65, archbishop of Kinshasa. With him, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Church is a state in the State. Including in the political sphere. The Congolese remember him in 2019, denouncing a <em>&#8220;Denial of truth&#8221;<\/em> After the controversial election of F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Another recent episode sums up this strong personality which affirmed its leadership on a continental scale and could boast of having the ear of Pope Francis. Even if it means blowing a dissonant voice sometimes. In 2023, when he held the reins of the symposium of episcopal conferences of Africa and Madagascar, which federates Catholics of the continent, it was he who led the sling against the doctrinal declaration <em>Fiducia supplicans. <\/em>This opened the possibility for priests to bless couples considered by the Church in <em>&#8220;Irregular situation&#8221;<\/em>especially homosexual couples.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 83.39% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Wednesday, May 7, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, to elect the successor of Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Among them, 18 are from Africa, a continent where Catholicism has more and more faithful. 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