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Influential bishops with Chicago ties will have a hand in picking the next pope
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...
How many popes have there been in the Roman Catholic Church?
According to the Vatican, there have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church starting with St. Peter and going all the way up ...
Catholic Church opens Lent season with words of solidarity for pope sidelined with pneumonia
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week ...
Watching an ailing pontiff: What could come next for the Catholic Church
Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...
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Decline in U.S. Catholic Church doesn’t have a political solution
Since Vatican II ended in 1965, the Catholic Church has seen a massive decline in the United States. Why are people leaving?
With Pope Francis in critical condition, what's next for the Catholic Church?
As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...
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What happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church when a pope becomes sick or incapacitated?
VATICAN CITY — While the Vatican has detailed ... And there are no specific norms outlining what happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church if a pope becomes totally incapacitated.
'There is an ambiguity between Pope Francis's diplomacy, in a sense close to Trump's, and the Vatican's, which is more traditional'
In an interview with Le Monde, the political scientist François Mabille analyzes the ambiguous diplomacy of a Curia torn ...