Watching an ailing pontiff: What could come next for the Catholic Church
Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...
Francis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t?
The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...
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The Pope’s Role Has Changed in Our Time. But Has the Church?
Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...
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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What does the Catholic Church do when a pope becomes sick or incapacitated?
While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ... case when Benedict announced his resignation in 2013. In 1965, Pope Paul VI wrote letters to the dean of the College of Cardinals ...
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 ...
Another woman takes over a top job at the Vatican, this time running the city state administration
ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...