Pope Francis was a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church’s conservatives and sometimes strayed from traditional views. Dignity USA Executive Director Marianne Duddy-Burke and professor of American Studies and History at Notre Dame University Kathleen Sprows Cummings join Chris Jansing to share more on the impact the Pope’s “transformative” actions and words had on the Church.

Pope Francis, the first pope born outside of Europe in over a millennia, has died.

Throughout his 12-year pontificate, Francis was an advocate for the poor and many saw his papacy as the start of a new era for the Catholic church, marked by greater inclusion and acceptance.