The long line of the papacy: Francis' death renews focus on the church's most powerful figures

The long line of the papacy: Francis' death renews focus on the church's most powerful figures

Several popes have been considered "great" in the interim since Pope Peter was blessed by Jesus Christ as the first leader of the church.

Pope Francis and the enduring power of the papacy

JASON OSBORNE: The papacy is an utterly unique institution, which is something that can be readily admitted whether you’re of the faith or not. That is why all eyes turned today to Rome.

The long line of the papacy: Francis’ death renews focus on the church’s most powerful figures

There have been 266 papal leaders of the Catholic Church since Jesus Christ’s death in the AD 30s through Pope Francis – Jorge Mario Bergoglio – who died on Easter Monday at 88.The most prominent pope is considered to be St. Peter, the first holder of the title.Christ had appointed him the inaugural Bishop of Rome, and the papal church – St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City – is named in his honor.St. Peter’s writings to persecuted people in the…

To the consternation, to the pain, to the desolation that produces the death of Pope Francis, our priest George, joins the wounded hope, alive, that beats in the hearts of millions of women and men from all over the planet. His arrival to the papacy was one more step in his reason of pilgrim, a difficult point