Ahead of next week’s papal conclave, Friday’s edition of CBS Evening News was caught in a tough situation. On one hand, being the diversity-conscious liberal show that it is, Africa correspondent Debora Patta lamented Africans are not reflected in the Vatican’s halls of power despite Catholicism growing in the area. On the other, Patta warned that an African pope would not be the pro-LGBTQ reformer liberals would want him to be.
Talking over footage of African worshipers, Patta set the scene, “This is the face of the Catholic Church’s future. The African continent is its fastest growing region. Home to at least one-fifth of its followers. That’s more than 272 million people.”
However, she also added, “But while Africa may be a spiritual powerhouse, that strength is not reflected in the Vatican corridors.”
Patta then…
