THE NEXT POPE

WHO WILL SUCCEED POPE FRANCIS? 
 The last time the Catholic Church’s cardinals picked a pope, they wanted an outsider to overhaul a scandal-plagued Vatican. They got more of a disrupter in Pope Francis than many had bargained for. 
What will it be now? 
See the story in WSJ 

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