<![CDATA[Nick Hahn - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/rss/archive/26377.xmlAuthor <![CDATA[Why the College of Cardinals Chose Francis]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 As a former president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians in the United States and an expert in all things Latin theology, Peter Casarella's phone won't stop ringing -- for good reason. Rome has a new Bishop in Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I, hailing from Argentina. Dr. Casarella is a professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University, and in 2008, was named founding director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology. I spoke with him about the new Pope, Argentine liberation theology, and what to expect on World Youth Day. 

Peter Casarella: The College of Cardinals recognize that about forty percent or more of the Church is in Latin...]]>