These Windsor, Ont., students made their cases for who should be the next Pope — and some were right
The world was introduced to the new head of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, the first American to lead the church. Students at Villanova Catholic Secondary School researched the potential candidates and considered why their candidate should be the next Pope — and some students picked correctly. Darrin Di Carlo reports.
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