Francis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t?
The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...
Pope Francis still head of Catholic Church, contrary to claim of resignation | Fact check
The Vatican has not announced Pope Francis is resigning, contrary to online claims. Further, his successor would be elected by Cardinals, not Francis.
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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: why his papacy matters for Africa – and for the world’s poor and marginalised
Pope Francis has transformed the church from an institution in which a few called the shots to a church of the people of God.
Pope resting peacefully on 14th day in hospital
The Vatican said that the pope "slept well during the night and is now resting" peacefully on Thursday morning as the pontiff begins his 14th day in hospital.
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Pope signs decree making José Gregorio Hernández, 'doctor of the poor,' Venezuela's first saint
A date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, who died in 1919, has not been set. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A ...
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Archbishop Wenski says deporting Haitians would be ‘unconscionable’ as TPS deadline looms
Basically Haiti is a house on fire, and you can’t push people back into a burning house,” Archbishop Wenski said. “We have to ...