Churchgoers in Sierra Leone hopeful next pope will be African

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As the conclave prepares to elect a new pope, one church in Sierra Leone's capital is hoping an African candidate will prevail. "If we have the next pope from Africa it will actually demonstrate the totality of our Christian faith,” Reverend Father Martin Peter Leo Bassei tells AFP after holding a Sunday mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Freetown. "It will also help the others that are coming up, the other Africans...to know that nothing is impossible."

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00:00Alleluia

00:10No!

00:12But then we call ourselves Christians

00:30And if we could have the next Pope from Africa, it actually demonstrates the totality of our Christian faith in God and our love for humanity

00:51And we'll be very happy because it will also help the others that are coming up

00:57The other Africans that are coming up in their faith to know that nothing is impossible

01:07Well, I think it's perfect for the Africans now to lead the Catholic Church

01:12Maybe they'll give their own cultures and traditions or old cultures that other Popes have inherited

01:19I would prefer African Popes now

01:27And we'll send it to the Seven Churches

01:30This rule down who has taken away the sins of the world

01:33By dying, he has destroyed our people

01:35CONGREGATIONS

01:52Amen.

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