What happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church when a pope becomes sick or incapacitated?
The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
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Even in the hospital, Francis remains Francis: Confounding expectations, pulling strings
Despite undergoing his longest hospitalization yet due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an ...
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Spanish Bishops: Conditions for Pope Francis to Resign Are Not Met
The bishops’ spokesman also stressed that 'we are not in a pre-conclave period; far from it' and made an appeal to the people ...
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Pope Francis 'rested well' but remains in critical state
Pope Francis "rested well" during his 11th night in hospital in Rome, the Holy See said on Tuesday. Despite a slightly ...
Pope Francis continues meetings while hospitalized
Pope Francis met with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday as he rested comfortably ...
What happens if Pope Francis resigns or becomes incapacitated?
Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...
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Faithful unite in St. Peter's Square praying for pope's health
Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...
Pope Francis met at the hospital with Vatican No. 2 over candidates for sainthood
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...
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Despite ‘critical’ condition, pope is working from hospital room
Health professionals, patients, family members and members of the board of the foundation that oversees Rome’s Gemelli ...
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Update: Pope continues to be in ‘critical,’ but ‘stable’ condition
Pope Francis’s “clinical condition remains critical but stable” and the “prognosis remains guarded,” the Vatican’s evening ...
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Pope Francis met at the hospital with Vatican secretary of state over candidates for sainthood
Standing on the same stage where Francis usually presides, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said that ever since Francis had been hospitalized, a chorus of prayers for his ...