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Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, the archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, will be a keynote speaker at a conference today at the Tucson Expo Center.

Rodríguez Maradiaga — seen as a candidate for future pope — was invited by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson to speak about multiculturalism in the church, said the Rev. Raúl Trevizo, diocesan vicar general.

Rodríguez Maradiaga, 65, who was a papal candidate after the death of Pope John Paul II, also will speak about the challenges youth face and the response of the church.

He is considered among the top 10 cardinals of the world, said Rubén C. Dávalos, Jr. director of the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Hispanic Ministry.

In addition to Spanish, the cardinal speaks English, Italian, French, Portuguese, German, Latin and Greek.

"He's a champion of social justice and human rights and is a founder of the Catholic University of Honduras," Dávalos said.

Pope John Paul II elevated Rodríguez Maradiaga to the title cardinal Feb. 21, 2001, and he became archbishop of Tegucigalpa Jan. 8, 1993. He was ordained into the Salesian Society, whose patron is St. Francis de Sales, on June 28, 1970, according to Catholic-Pages.com

The cardinal received a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and a diploma in clinical psychology and psychotherapy from Leopold Franz University in Innsbruck, Austria.

He taught chemistry, physics and music at Salesian colleges in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. He also was professor of moral theology and ecclesiology at the Salesian Theological Institute and rector of the Salesian Philosophical Institute, both in Guatemala, the Web site states.

The daylong conference will include a 4 p.m. concelebrated Mass said by the cardinal, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas and attending priests.