Francis has been first and foremost “a missionary pope,” who is determined to transform the church into “a missionary church.”

Benedict affirmed that “there is an internal continuity between the two pontificates.”

Cardinal Gracias, one of the pope’s top advisers, spoke about Francis on the eve of the fifth anniversary of his election.

The six-part part series, which will play Sunday nights starting March 11, is subdivided into some novel plots of papal territory.

Blessed Paul VI and Archbishop Óscar Romero will soon be declared saints.

According to a new Pew Research Center poll, 84 percent of U.S. Catholics hold a “favorable” view of Pope Francis.