How Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church and what will happen next – Podcast | Pope Francis

Pope Francis worked until the end. On Easter Sunday, the 88-year-old Catholic principal offered Easter greetings to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square, where they gathered for Mass. By the next morning, after several months of struggling with pneumonia and bronchitis, he had passed away.

From the beginning, the first Latin American pope wanted his pope to be unique. Catherine PepinsterOne of his first notable actions was to go to prison instead of church to wash hands with a traditional Maundy Thursday ceremony, the former editor of the tablet said. It was a typical pope who rejected many of his predecessor’s luxury goods – from giving up apartments in the Pope’s palace to wearing only simple leather shoes.

Michael Safe I heard how Pope Francis tried to take a different approach to some of the controversies in the Catholic Church (especially the treatment of LGBTQ+ Catholics). “Francis talks about love a lot,” Pepste said. However, on this and others, from the priestess to the abuse scandal, many people think he didn’t go far enough. Now the church is preparing to choose his successor in all rituals and traditional ways. But, Pepinster said, it is clear that Pope Francis has changed the institution in the eyes of many church followers. “Many Catholics believe that the church is a more compassionate place in many ways.”