"I would like to become the next pope"

The US President Donald Trump jokingly said that he would like to become the next pope. In any case, he has no particular preference as to who should take on this role.
"I would like to be pope. That would be my first choice,” he said in response to a question about who he thinks should be the next leader of the Catholic Church.

He added that he didn't have a personal favourite for the position, but suggested that Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, might be a good choice.

"I don’t know. I have no preference. But I must say that we have a cardinal who comes from a place called New York and is very good, so we’ll see what happens," he added.

Pope Francis died on the 21st of April. The cause of death was a stroke.

On the 26th of April, the Vatican held a farewell ceremony for Pope Francis, who was buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. About 400,000 people attended the funeral.

The conclave to elect the new pope will begin on the 7th of May.

(MH with MaSi - Source: Agency - Photo: © DPA - Newscom - Chris Kleponis)