We’ve had three non-Italian popes in a row. It used to be expected that the occupant of the Chair of Peter would be from Italy. It was so for centuries.
Now that the pattern has been broken, I wonder when the next Italian will be Bishop of Rome. Or if it will ever happen again.
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It’s much more likely a matter of when rather than if. Italy is still one of the largest Catholic nations by nominal Catholic population, and is not a great power that raises too much of the spectre of international rivalries.Also consider that Papa Bergolio is the child of Italian parents.