Roman Catholic Cardinal Seiichi Shirayanagi, one of two Japanese eligible to vote for a new pope, hopes Pope John Paul II's replacement will offer more of the same.
"I want to support someone who can continue the course taken by Pope John Paul II, who observed modern society and made contributions to society," Shirayanagi said Sunday in Tokyo.
"I want to decide (who to vote for) by carefully reading documents such as career history and the contents of sermons," the 76-year-old former archbishop of Tokyo said.