US President Donald Trump has weighed on the papal succession, floating the archbishop of New York as an option after Pope Francis’ death. Trump, who attended the late pope’s funeral at the Vatican last week,

The president was asked by reporters who he would like to succeed Pope Francis, having attended his funeral last weekend

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the saints and the Virgin Mary.

While any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible, only cardinals have been selected as pope since 1378. The winner must receive at least two-thirds of the votes from those cardinals who are under age 80 and thus eligible to participate in the balloting.

Thousands of people flock to Rome after the death of Pope Francis. He died on 21 (Easter Monday) at the age of 88 at Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican City. He had served as pope, the head of the Catholic Church,

After a reporter asked Trump who he thought should follow Pope Francis as the next pope, the non-Catholic president offered a response that was entirely in character. “I’d like to be pope,” Trump joked.