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This Catholic theologian says the church needs a new pope who is a man of the world with pastoral sensitivity, someone who will \u201cwalk in the shoes of Peter.\u201d Watch excerpts from managing editor Kim Lawton\u2019s February 12, 2013 interview with Father Mark Morozowich, dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

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