The end of the beginning

The Pope's successor has a huge reputation to live up to, writes Rónán Mullen.

The end of the beginning

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

WINSTON CHURCHILL'S words in 1942 ring true today when considering the future of the papacy after almost 27 years of Pope John Paul II.

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