The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...
The Vatican has laws to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but they don't apply if he is sick.
While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...
Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...
Cardinal Farrell, Dallas' former bishop, oversees Vatican affairs as Camerlengo following Pope Francis' health crisis.
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
In an April 2013 homily, Pope Francis said something else worth remembering on this subject: “The Church is not an NGO. It’s ...