The College of Cardinals may want to return the position of Pope to an Italian, but numerous choices are worldwide as well, Rob Moynihan, founder and editor-in-chief of “Inside the Vatican,” said on Newsmax. 

“They’ve had three non-Italians, John Paul II from Poland, Benedict from Germany, and Francis from Argentina,” Moynihan told Newsmax’s Rob Astorino in an interview from Rome, airing on “Sunday Report.” “They may want to go back to an Italian. Even the other cardinals may want to go back to some Italian, giving a little more order, because this is the bishop of Rome. They’re here in Italy.”

If they choose to go outside Italy, there are several leading candidates, some well-known and some not so much, said Moynihan. 

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