Being in the Vatican during a Pope's funeral and conclave is fascinating. Robyn Curnow was in Rome when John Paul II died. She remembers those days in St Peters. So, what to expect from the next conclave?
Robyn has covered many papal deaths and reported on the politics of the Catholic church.
Pope Francis was a different kind of pope to John Paul, and Ratzinger who succeeded him.
Both John Paul and Francis were epoch defining popes.
John Paul was one of the 20th century's great leaders against communism. Hewn from stone behind the iron curtain he was unbending and formidable. Dogma and traditionalism held fast.
Francis was from Argentina... a priest who came of age within the legacy of liberation theology. A woke pope, perhaps, but man of his times.
She wonders, if like the American presidency, the papal shifts will swing like a pendulum between left and right in the upcoming conclave.
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