Rodman backs black papal candidate
Source: Agencies |
March 14, 2013, Thursday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
AFTER raising eyebrows by going to North Korea, former US basketball star Dennis Rodman is continuing his bizarre global tour by visiting Rome - purportedly to help Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson become the first black pope.
But he didn't seem too sure who he was supposed to be promoting when asked about it yesterday. "From Africa right?" Rodman asked, wearing a hat and T-shirt promoting the Irish betting firm that organized his trip.
Rodman said he was sure the next pope would be black and that he would like to meet him in Africa on his self-styled mission to promote world peace.
Even Rodman's plans to enter St Peter's Square in a custom-built "pope-mobile" were uncertain yesterday: The vehicle had been delayed by snow in northern Italy.
In Washington, President Barack Obama is rejecting the notion that an American pope would be too closely aligned with the US government.
Obama says the Roman Catholic bishops in the US "don't seem to be taking orders from me." And he says an American pope would preside just as effectively as a leader of the Catholic church from any other country.
No American has ever served as pontiff and some cardinals worry an American pope's actions would be viewed as serving the US instead of the church.
But he didn't seem too sure who he was supposed to be promoting when asked about it yesterday. "From Africa right?" Rodman asked, wearing a hat and T-shirt promoting the Irish betting firm that organized his trip.
Rodman said he was sure the next pope would be black and that he would like to meet him in Africa on his self-styled mission to promote world peace.
Even Rodman's plans to enter St Peter's Square in a custom-built "pope-mobile" were uncertain yesterday: The vehicle had been delayed by snow in northern Italy.
In Washington, President Barack Obama is rejecting the notion that an American pope would be too closely aligned with the US government.
Obama says the Roman Catholic bishops in the US "don't seem to be taking orders from me." And he says an American pope would preside just as effectively as a leader of the Catholic church from any other country.
No American has ever served as pontiff and some cardinals worry an American pope's actions would be viewed as serving the US instead of the church.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
