Pope Francis’ ‘complex’ health crisis triggers wave of prayer and uncertainty across Rome
People in Rome and the Vatican are relying on their faith as they cope with the daily anxiety waiting to hear about the ...
Who is Pope Francis? Catholic pontiff is hospitalized with pneumonia
Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.
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 ...
What happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church when a pope becomes sick or incapacitated?
What happens when a pope is incapacitated? Is he still pope? Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with a ...
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The Pope’s Role Has Changed in Our Time. But Has the Church?
Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...
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Prayers for Pope’s recovery echo both inside and outside the Catholic Church
As Pope Francis remains in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia, world and ...
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LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis rests peacefully while pneumonia persists, prognosis remains ‘guarded’
Pope Francis continues to be in serious but stable condition as he concludes his 12th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the ...
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Pope Francis and public opinion: Key findings from our surveys
At least 80% of Catholics have expressed a favorable opinion of Pope Francis in 10 of the 15 U.S. surveys in which we have ...