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.
Pope Francis health update from Vatican as he stuns crowds with statement
In a late update, the Vatican said Pope Francis hadn't had any more respiratory crises since Saturday night but was still ...
‘The pope is fine,’ doctors say, but ‘not out of danger’
“The pope is fine,” Sergio Alfieri, the head surgeon at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where the pope is being treated, said ...
Another woman takes over a top job at the Vatican, this time running the city state administration
ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...
Vatican cancels pope's weekend engagements as he battles 'complex' infection
Pope Francis, who is spending his fifth day in hospital, will not take part in this weekend's Holy Year events, the Vatican ...
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Vatican shares update on Pope's pneumonia as Italian prime minister visits
Pope Francis' blood tests show a "slight improvement" as he receives hospital treatment for pneumonia, the Vatican said ...
Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs as tests show ‘complex picture,’ Vatican says
Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized since last week, was found to have pneumonia in both lungs following a CT scan on ...
Pope to Stay in Hospital to Address ‘Complex’ Clinical Issue, Vatican Says
Pope Francis was admitted on Friday with a respiratory infection. The announcement on Monday did not provide further detail, ...