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What Next - Ciao Papa

What Next - Ciao Papa

Remembering what made Pope Francis special.

Slate News · Slate Podcasts

April 22, 202523m 38s

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Show Notes

Preaching for empathy and compassion, Pope Francis was at times seen as an agent of dramatic change in the Catholic Church. Did he succeed? Is that even an answerable question before the world knows his successor?


Guest: David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University


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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, Isabel Angell, and Rob Gunther. 


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