Cardinal Robert Sarah – championed by conservatives as reflecting the doctrinaire and liturgically minded papacies of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI – is among those being considered to ...

Francis was meant to be a pope ... Pope Benedict XVI, they made a guess about where the world was going. They proved to be wrong. In 2013, when Bergoglio became Pope Francis, same-sex marriage ...

Among the cardinals are people who are conservative on topics such as same-sex marriage ... the late Pope Francis, a more traditionalist pontiff like his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, or someone ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire ... Still, he reaffirmed the church’s doctrine that marriage was a union between a man and woman.

He was succeeded by Pope John Paul II (1978–2005) from Poland, who was followed by Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013 ... regarding the "indissolubility of marriage." The Catholic Herald pointed ...

Pope Francis ... retiring Pope Benedict XVI, they made a guess about where the world was going. They proved to be wrong. In 2013, when Bergoglio became Pope Francis, same-sex marriage was rapidly ...

Benedict XVI, meanwhile, was known for uniting “the mind, faith, and reason.” “And Pope Francis ... the elderly as well as the importance of marriage, family life, and care for the environment.

He was elected pope in 2013 after the almost unprecedented retirement of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. Bergolio’s ... teachings on abortion, gay marriage, women’s ordination and priestly ...

(RNS) — Ordinary Catholics saw Pope ... gay marriage, married clergy and women priests. He may have scandalized conservatives who wanted him to be more like John Paul II and Benedict XVI ...

The legacy of Pope Francis is large and complex, with plenty of high points. But part of it is ambiguity and verbal confusion on matters of church doctrine, pointing to a need for clarification by who ...

In his first years as pope, critics had a living alternative in Pope Benedict XVI, who had resigned and was living on the Vatican grounds. That amplified the right-wing opposition to Francis ...

The whole world is mourning the death of Pope ... marriage, married clergy and female priests. He may have scandalized conservatives who wanted him to be more like John Paul II and Benedict XVI ...