Brazil parish thinks Hummes should be pope

[struggle4progress]

<snip> In the streets, there's little to show how deep an impression Hummes made during his 21 years as bishop here, from 1975 to 1996. But the people of this city of 650,000 haven't forgotten him.

"He's extremely intelligent, courageous, impartial and humble," said Antonio Figueiro, 60, owner of the A Praca restaurant in front of the Nossa Senhora do Carmo Church. "I can't think of anyone more deserving to be the next pope." <snip>

Hummes, 70, also impressed the union workers who defied Brazil's 1964-85 military regime, which considered strikes a threat to national security and ordered police to repress them by force. <snip>

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/world/11425625.htm

[Zynx]

1. His stance against the military regime impresses me a great deal.

He seems to be very interested in social justice.