Matthew 16:18-19 ESV
[18] And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [19] I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

The world awaits a new Pope, and some of us hope for a Pope of African (or Asian) descent. The reason is simple. Whatever the merits of the spiritual arguments, we should not downplay the politics. A Black Pope at a time like this will forever reorder the cosmos. The Church has its history of discrimination and racism. Electing a non-white Pope would be a deafening signal that the world is forever changing.