The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Italian native Franciscan Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is seen by Fox News as a leading candidate to succeed Pope Francis after this week’s conclave. Fox News does not name any of sources to assert Pizzballa’s status as “one of the top candidates,” so sounds like they just want everyone else to take their word for it. Pizzaballa did offer himself to Hamas in exchange for all of the children kidnapped from southern Israel during the October 7th attack, so he seems like a decent enough guy. Keep in mind that all popes change their names upon ascendancy.