Father Michael Quaicoo, Director of Governance, Justice and Peace with the Catholic Bishops Conference is optimistic Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson from Ghana can be elected as the next Pope of the Catholic Church.
According to him, the favour of God and trust from the 120 elected Cardinals are the only means for Cardinal Turkson to to rise to the highest position.
Speaking to Bryt Adekyee Mu Nsem on Tuesday, April 22, Father Michael Quaicoo indicated that it will take about three weeks to replace Pope Francis who passed on at the age of 88.
Meanwhile, Ghanaβs Cardinal Peter Turkson is being considered one of the front runners to become the next pontiff following the death of Pope Francis.
The former Bishop of the Cape Coast would become the first black pope if he is chosen at the upcoming papal conclave.
Turkson was sent by Pope Francis as a peace envoy to South Sudan. He is also the former head of the Pontifical Council for Justice.
Aljazeera noted that Turkson was also considered a favourite at one point during the 2013 conclave before Pope Francis was chosen.
The other African cardinal whose name has come up is the Democratic Republic of the Congoβs Fridolin Ambongo, archbishop of Kinshasa.
The other frontorunners are Philippine Cardinal Luis Tagle, Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo, Cardinal Pietro Parolin; the Holy Seeβs secretary of state and Italyβs Matteo Zuppi.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
