Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, is bookmakers' favorite to become new pope

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana. PHOTO/Max Rossi/Reuters

(Reuters) - Ghana's Peter Turkson is the bookmakers' favorite to replace Pope Benedict, putting a non-European in pole position to lead the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church for the first time in more than a millennium.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power offered odds of 11/4 against for Turkson, meaning successful punters would win GB£11 (US$16.6) for every four staked, while Britain's second largest bookmaker Ladbrokes offered

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