Pope’s Illness Is Surrounded by Intrigue Over Possible Resignation
A secret meeting, and echoes of Benedict’s exit, have heightened talk that Francis could resign, too. But the possibility is ...
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Speculation about new pope grows louder
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin visited Pope Francis at the 10th-floor hospital of Gemelli Hospital in Rome on ...
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Pope Francis Approves Canonization of First Venezuelan Saint
Blessed José Gregorio Hernández is known at the ‘doctor of the poor.’ Also to be canonized: Blessed Bartolo Longo. Additional ...
Who could be the next Pope? The cardinals who might succeed Francis
Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...
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Pope Francis Meets with Pietro Parolin to Discuss Sainthood Candidates
Pope Francis is on the mend, showing a slight improvement in his health, which has allowed him to welcome a visit from ...
Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises
The Vatican says that Pope Francis remains in critical but stable condition. Vatican officials say that his blood parameters ...
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LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis rests peacefully while pneumonia persists, prognosis remains ‘guarded’
Pope Francis continues to be in serious but stable condition as he concludes his 12th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the ...
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Like his predecessors, pope wrote resignation letter in case of impairment
And the postulator of St. John Paul II's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul ...
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Pope Francis 'rested well' but remains in critical state
ROME — (TNS) Pope Francis "rested well" during his 11th night in hospital in Rome, the Holy See said on Tuesday. Despite a slightly improved condition, the 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church ...