Cardinal Maradiaga himself did comment that perhaps a Pope from Latin America would be a great impulse for overcoming the north-south divide.

BBC: Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga

However Elio Masferrer believes Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga stands a chance - although he acknowledges that the person most likely to become the next pontiff is someone we have not heard about in the media.

BBC: Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga

The others listed are Leonardo Sandri of Argentina, George Pell of Australia, Marc Ouellet of Canada, Dominik Duka or the Czech Republic, Peter Turkson of Ghana, Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, Tarcisio Bertone and Angelo Scola of Italy, and Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico, the group said.

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