Reverend JIM WALLIS (Editor, SOJOURNERS Magazine): I would like to see the next pope specifically identify poverty as the test of faith -- overcoming poverty as the test of faith for our generation. And maybe a pope from the global south might be one way of making that statement.
NATHAN DIAMENT (Director, Institute for Public Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America): I, and I think most Jews, would hope that the pope's successor will build upon the pope's legacy with regard to Catholic-Jewish relations, will continue to find opportunities to relate to Jews directly, but also to have the Church as an institution relate to the State of Israel and the people of Israel in meaningful and productive ways.
Imam YAHYA HENDI (Muslim Chaplain, Georgetown University): A pope who is interested in reaching out to Muslims; a pope who does not, who is not interested in converting Muslims to the Catholic Church but rather allowing Muslims to be what they want to be, and giving Muslims the chance to learn about Christianity.
Reverend RICH CIZIK (Vice President, National Association of Evangelicals): The next pope must be someone who believes, as has this past pope, in objective truth -- standing, you see, for something that is permanent, against all the relativity of the age, is what is fundamentally most important for the cardinals to look for in the next pope, at least from this evangelical's viewpoint.
