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As bishop of a working-class district 30 years ago, Claudio Hummes gave refuge to metalworkers staging an illegal strike — among them a fiery union leader named Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Silva is now Brazil's president, and Hummes has risen as well, to the rank of cardinal. As speculation mounts about the possibility of a Latin American pope, Hummes' name repeatedly surfaces — the top candidate from the world's most populous Roman Catholic country.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&ncid=2357&e=10&u=/ap/20050406/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/pope_contender_hummes

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