e is the leader of a massive local church of more than seven million Catholics and is a respected moral voice in his country. Cardinal Ambongo represents the growing church of Africa and could appeal to a cross-section of cardinals in a conclave. A member of the Capuchin Franciscan religious order – an order of friars which follows the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi and whose brown habits inspired the name for the frothy coffee “cappuccino” – he has been a strong defender of democracy and human rights, unafraid to stand up to warlords and corruption. But the Congolese cardinal also took a strong stance against blessings of same-sex couples.