Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.
The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...
Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...
And the postulator of St. John Paul II's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul ...
A secret meeting, and echoes of Benedict’s exit, have heightened talk that Francis could resign, too. But the possibility is ...
Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth ...
Pope Francis plans to convene a consistory, which is a meeting of cardinals, at the Vatican. There would be nothing unusual ...
Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...