What happens if a pope resigns?
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.
Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises
The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...
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 ...
Pope Francis wrote resignation letter 12 YEARS AGO for if he became too ill to serve as Vatican say he’s ‘critical’
THE Pope wrote his resignation letter 12 years ago in case he became too ill to fulfil the holy role as he remains in a ...
When the pope is sick, Italians always gossip about who comes next — even before ‘Conclave’
The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...
Pope Francis Health Update Given by Vatican After One Week in Hospital
The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...
Pope marks 1 week in hospital with pneumonia as the obvious question gets asked: Might he resign?
Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a case of bronchitis worsened; doctors later diagnosed a ...
Pope marks a week in hospital with pneumonia as the obvious question is asked: Might he resign?
Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff ...