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Will the Pope resign? Neither Francis nor the Church entertain the option, except in extreme circumstances
Questions and answers about the Pope’s situation remain one month into his hospital stay and given the precedent of Benedict ...
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Pope Francis marks 12 remarkable years leading the Catholic Church from his hospital room
As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for humanity, peace and respect for the dignity of all people.
Philippine Daily Inquirer21d
Saints and sinners: Triumphs, scandals, and wars of the papacy
Antipope Clement VII (1378–1394): A leading figure in the Western Schism, supported by France and other European monarchs against the legitimate Roman Pope. Antipope Benedict XIII (1394–1423 ...
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With the Pope hospitalized, Italians gossip about who might come next
(Andrew Medichini/The Associated Press) Francis still has a ways to go to outlive Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 ... pope to resign until Pope Benedict XVI did so in 2013.
Catholic News Agency6d
St. Cyril of Jerusalem: a beacon of courage in the face of misunderstanding and opposition
On March 18, the Catholic Church honors St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century bishop and doctor of the Church whose ...
Catholic News Agency5d
‘Go to Joseph’: What popes from Blessed Pius IX to Pope Francis have said about St. Joseph
In 1920, Benedict XV prayerfully offered St. Joseph ... can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation.” Pope Leo XIII also asked that the following prayer to St. Joseph be said ...
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Michael Kelly: Speculation shows enduring power of papacy to fascinate
As the 266th successor of St Peter to the papacy, Francis is the oldest Bishop of Rome since Pope Leo XIII, the oldest Pope ... Francis’s predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, lived until the age ...