Odilo Scherer 2007, becoming Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale. On June 12, 2008, in addition to his main duties he was appointed by Benedict as a member of the Congregation for the Clergy. On January 5, 2011, he was appointed among the first members of the newly created Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation. He is considered by some to be papabile and was widely considered by odds-makers to be a top candidate to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, including in the Papal conclave, 2013 that selected his colleague, South American Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who
Jota Mario Valencia Jota Mario Valencia Jota Mario Valencia Yepes (born "Jorge Mario Valencia Yepes" in 1956) is a Colombian television presenter. He was born in Bogotá. He attended the Universidad de La Sabana in Bogotá and was one of the founders of the Colprensa news agency. He began in television in 1979, presenting the program "Valores Humanos" (Human Values) for Promec Televisión. In 1983, he began hosting Promec's "Noticiero Promec", which remained on the air for four years. He also was one of Caracol Televisión's most well-known personalities while that company was still a "programadora"; he hosted programs such as "Telesemana", "Cazadores