An obvious step toward that would be the appointment of a pope from somewhere other than Italy -- Ghanaian Peter Turkson and Nigerian Francis Arinze are two obvious contenders.

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Cardinal Arinze was tipped by some because he had headed the Vatican body that maintains links with other religions, and was thus seen as a man who could develop the church's dialogue with them crucially, with Islam.

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In other words, the opposite of what he got from his 2010 and 2012 teams a pair of squads with more potential that were seeded first in the NCAA tournament but flamed out the week before the Final Four after losing their big men (Arinze Onuaku to injury in 2010 and Fab Melo to academic issues in 2012).

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