Who’s who at the Vatican?
The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...
Who could be the next Pope? The cardinals who might succeed Francis
Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...
Meet the cardinal, 70, among the ‘favourites’ to be next Pope as Francis still in hospital
Pietro Parolin, a 70-year-old Italian polyglot who entered the seminary at just 14, is currently pitted as favourite to ...
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Pope Francis Meets with Pietro Parolin to Discuss Sainthood Candidates
Pope Francis is on the mend, showing a slight improvement in his health, which has allowed him to welcome a visit from ...
Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises
Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and ...
As Pope Francis remains critical, what happens next? Who could be the next pope?
Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for 10 days now, is critical with mild signs of kidney failure. There is growing ...
Pope Francis wrote resignation letter 12 YEARS AGO for if he became too ill to serve as Vatican say he’s ‘critical’
THE Pope wrote his resignation letter 12 years ago in case he became too ill to fulfil the holy role as he remains in a ...
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Pope met Parolin, Pena Parra at Gemelli
Pope Francis on Monday received a visit from Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Substitute for ...
Pope Francis meets Vatican No. 2 at hospital, takes major governing decisions
Pope Francis has also written a letter of resignation, to be invoked if he became medically incapacitated.
Pope Francis' health stays critical but stable as Vatican starts nightly prayers in St. Peter's Square
The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...
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Pope Francis Taken Off Ventilator as His Condition Stabilises, Vatican Says
The Vatican shared an update on Pope Francis' health, confirming stability after 16 days in hospital for pneumonia. The ...
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Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises
A Vatican bulletin earlier Tuesday contained a series of significant decisions Francis had made, most importantly that he had met Monday with Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Edgar Peña Par ...