successor

Many Catholics in Africa are hoping that that the papacy will return to the continent for the first time in more than 1,500 years, as a successor to Pope Francis is chosen.

In the 1930s, his successor, Joseph Stalin, cited the “inefficiency” of individual farming as justification for the collectivization of millions of peasants into state farms, creating a “terror-famine” in Ukraine.

Would Liverpool tread water or even go backwards for a season or two while his successor settled into the job?

He hoped Francis’ successor would also “raise their voice for peace — not just for us in Palestine, but for every place suffering under the weight of war.”

The leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales has said he definitely will not be the next pontiff, but is looking forward to the "intimidating" duty of choosing Pope Francis's successor.