People pray during an Ash Wednesday service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Tijuana, Mexico, Feb. 13. Many Latin Americans say that, more important than seeing one of their cardinals become pope, is having a pope that understands the region. PHOTO: CNS/David Maung

17 Nov 2017

By The Record

People pray during an Ash Wednesday service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Tijuana, Mexico, Feb. 13. Many Latin Americans say that, more important than seeing one of their cardinals become pope, is having a pope that understands the region. PHOTO: CNS/David Maung

People pray during an Ash Wednesday service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Tijuana, Mexico, Feb. 13. Many Latin Americans say that, more important than seeing one of their cardinals become pope, is having a pope that understands the region. (CNS photo/David Maung) Feb. 22, 2013) See LATAM-HOPES to come.