Benedict XVI: The last European pope? (Part 2)

Will Benedict XVI's successor be the first Pontiff from another continent? Even though the demographics of Catholicism have shifted away from Europe, it still boils down to who gets to vote.

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• Jean DUCHESNE, Advisor to the Archbishop of Paris

• Ulrike KOLTERMANN, German journalist and author

From Abuja, Nigeria,
• John ALECHENU, Chief correspondent at Punch newspaper

From Rome,
• Seema GUPTA, France 24 correspondent

From Rio de Janeiro,
• Tim VICKERY, France 24 correspondent

Watch part one

Produced by Christopher Davis, Mary Colombel, Yann Pusztai.

Presenter

François Picard

18/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Obama's worst week: terror, tragedy and a stinging political defeat

From bombs in Boston to a massive blast in Texas, and now a stinging defeat on a hard-fought gun control bill, has this has been the worst week so far for Barack Obama's presidency? Can the US president regain the political upper hand and heal a polarised nation?

17/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Show me the money: France's transparency problem (part 2)

"Show me the money": a few days after the French government revealed the wealth and assets of all its cabinet ministers online, many in the political establishment are fighting back against François Hollande's "transparency" drive. But is there anything wrong with being a millionaire... and a Socialist?

17/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Show me the money: France's transparency problem

16/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

The Boston bombings: a painful reminder of vulnerability (part 2)

There are still no hard answers, but lots of anguish and questions, a day after back-to-back explosions rocked America's oldest and most prestigious marathon. Douglas Herbert's panel discuss how Americans are dealing with a tragedy that Barack Obama is calling a cowardly "act of terror" - and look at how the rest of the world is reacting.