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As speculation grows about the future of the papacy, discussions about potential successors have resurfaced.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
On Pius’s death in 1958, the papacy went to the plump, joyous Angelo Roncalli, a brilliant peasant who had climbed the ranks to become a Vatican diplomat and who took the papal name John XXIII.
—Mary Jo McConahay, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The popes of the Renaissance encouraged reform, but never reform that extended to the papacy.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
Benedict broke 600 years of tradition and resigned from the papacy in 2013.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
On Pius’s death in 1958, the papacy went to the plump, joyous Angelo Roncalli, a brilliant peasant who had climbed the ranks to become a Vatican diplomat and who took the papal name John XXIII.
—Mary Jo McConahay, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The popes of the Renaissance encouraged reform, but never reform that extended to the papacy.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
Benedict broke 600 years of tradition and resigned from the papacy in 2013.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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“The papacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20papacy. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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