Interactive timeline: quotes from Francis' second year as pope

In his second year as pope, Francis and his words generated both hope and frustration among Catholics and non-Catholics, lay and religious alike. The interactive timeline below contains memorable quotes from year two of Francis' iconoclastic papacy. Quotes and stories come from reporting by NCR's Joshua J. McElwee, Catholic News Service and Religion News Service.

Click each bubble to read the full quote and when Pope Francis said it, and if you want to read even more, click the link to take you to the original story. Move ahead in time by scrolling to the right.

[Mick Forgey is an NCR Bertelsen intern. His email address is mforgey@ncronline.org.]

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