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It was very sad to hear of the Pope's death last night. However the resulting TV biographies about him uncovered some interesting facts. Did you know that he was the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years ? Also there are 112 cardinals that can vote for a new pope. As a rule, 20 of these are Italian. Half of the world's catholics live in Latin America yet they only get 20 cardinals for this voting panel. I know historically Rome has been the centre of the Catholic church but my question is why Italy is still so dominant ? Whats the betting that the next pope is Italian ?