What happens when a pope is incapacitated? Is he still pope? Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with a ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...

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Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to ...

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Pope Francis, 88, is in critical condition and receiving treatment for pneumonia and kidney failure at a hospital. Despite ...