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What Happens to the Leadership of the Catholic Church When a Pope Is Sick or Incapacitated?

The Vatican has laws to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but they don't apply if he is sick.

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Who is Pope Francis? Catholic pontiff is hospitalized with pneumonia

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

The Conversation · 41m

Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before.

Pope Francis is in critical condition, Vatican says

ABC · 5h

Pope Francis 'resting' after 10th night in hospital, Vatican says

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican press office said. "The night passed well, the Pope slept and is resting," the office said in a short statement.

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Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work, while still critical, Vatican says

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition but has showed slight improvement in laboratory tests.

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Pope Francis remains critical: How Vatican elects its new leader through the 'secretive' papal conclave

While the Vatican has assured that the Pope’s condition is stable, his age and history of health concerns have led to renewed focus on the papal conclave process

America Magazine3h

Vatican to host rosary Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square as prayers pour in from around the world

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St.

Headstrong Francis Put the Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

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Tool of faith or digital distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

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How is a new pope selected?

Upon the resignation or death of a pope, a group of clergy members known as the College of Cardinals would be called to ...

Catholic Philly2h

Deacons are Called to Selflessness, Men Ordained at Jubilee Mass are Told

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

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Ukrainian embassy hosts Mass for peace in Rome on Russia-Ukraine war’s third anniversary

The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre ...

The Catholic Spirit3h

US bishops urge faithful to join rosary for Pope Francis at 2 p.m.

The U.S. bishops urged the faithful to join in on a call from Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin to pray the ...

'Jesus Wept' author chronicles the debates roiling the Catholic church

Philip Shenon talks about the past seven popes, and how efforts to reform the Church with the Second Vatican Council led to power struggles and doctrinal debates that lasted for decades.

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