predecessor

His predecessor, Pope Francis, often spoke at length to reporters, sometimes very passionately and from the heart.

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Flying from Istanbul to Beirut during his first foreign trip since his election in May, the pope continued the tradition of his predecessors by speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane.

It’s a notable constrast with his immediate predecessor’s far more conventional behavior.

The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the mosque, as his two predecessors had done.