The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
Pope Francis' condition remains critical after developing pneumonia in both lungs earlier this month, but the Vatican said he ...
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...
A Nigerian Catholic priest said if Pope Francis dies, God would give the church another Pope. He said the church is ...
And there are no specific norms outlining what happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church if a pope becomes totally incapacitated. As a result, even though Pope Francis remains ...
While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...
On February 24, prayers for Pope Francis continued at Gemelli Hospital, where the Holy Father remains hospitalized. In the St ...