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The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

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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Catholic cardinals to lead nightly rosary for ailing Pope Francis

Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome will offer a nightly rosary for Pope Francis as the pontiff remains hospitalized in critical condition with a respiratory infection.

The Conversation · 2h

Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before.

Pope Francis, St. Peter's Square and Vatican

The Associated Press on MSN · 8h

Vatican announces daily evening prayers for the health of Pope Francis on St. Peter’s Square

Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has

America Magazine · 5h

Vatican to host rosary Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square as prayers pour in from around the world

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St. Peter’s Square.

The Washington Post on MSN · 5h

Pope shows ‘slight improvement’ amid special prayers at St. Peter’s

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the rosary in St. Peter’s Square.

Headstrong Francis Put the Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Religion News Service7h

Tool of faith or digital distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

National Catholic Register11d

Getting Married at the Vatican: Catholic Couples Get a Taste of Heaven

Some couples have taken having a Catholic wedding to the next level, deciding to marry in the very heart of the Church: the Vatican. The unconventional choice, it turns out, is not uncommon ...

7News Miami1h

Parishioners gather at St. Martha’s Catholic Church for special mass to pray for Pope Francis as he remains critical

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Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work, while still critical, Vatican says

ROME — Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his ...

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How is a new pope selected?

Upon the resignation or death of a pope, a group of clergy members known as the College of Cardinals would be called to ...

The Catholic Sun1h

Deacons are called to selflessness, men ordained at Jubilee Mass are told

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

Catholic News Agency3h

Ukrainian embassy hosts Mass for peace in Rome on Russia-Ukraine war’s third anniversary

The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre ...

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