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VATICAN CITY — Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals within the Roman Catholic Church have expressed interest in electing a pope who's actually Catholic this time.

"Call me crazy, but I think the leader of the Catholic Church should be Catholic," said Cardinal Gerard Poupard, archbishop of the church in France. "It has worked pretty well in the past. Maybe we should try that again."

Cardinals are reportedly eager to move past the papacy of Francis and focus on such classic doctrines such as all the stuff that's in the Bible and Catholic teaching. "I actually can't remember what's in the Bible at this point," said Poupard. "We should see what it says. It might be important."

"After Francis, it's clear that it's time to go back to basics," said anoth

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