From the City to the World

Stephen P. White of Catholic University contributed to the symposium on Pope Francis in this month’s The Lamp:

“Pope Francis was not the pope he thought he would be when he first stepped out onto the loggia of Saint Peter’s. He set out to be one kind of bishop of Rome and became one of a very different sort. Exactly how and why this change came about is something of a mystery, but the fact that such a change came about is clear. And it had enormous consequences both for his own pontificate and the legacy he leaves to his successor.”

Read the whole piece.