While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

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Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

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A legislative gap in the Vatican's laws leaves Pope Francis in charge despite his severe illness. An initiative to rectify ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow for ritual mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

Pope Francis is in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome with double pneumonia and kidney failure — and Catholics ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

The group gathered for a Monday mass and a special word of encouragement from the new archbishop of Milwaukee, Jeffrey Grob.

You can get in touch with Jesus by emailing [email protected] The chaplain of the Agostino Gemelli Hospital, where Pope ...