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In this file picture,Head of the Catholic Church in South Africa Cardinal Wilfrid Napier comemmorates the late Archbishop Denis Hurley’s 9th death anniversary at the Emmanuel Cathedral Church in Durban on 10 February 2013. If Catholic cardinals want the next pope to embody the complexities and contradictions of the modern church, they should look no further than Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier of South Africa. On one hand, the 71-year-old Archbishop of Durban staunchly adheres to a rigid ideology that many believe is hogtying the Catholic Church in its quest to remain relevant in the 21st Century. AFP PHOTO RAJESH JANTILAL