A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority
Francis is well aware that anytime he has gone into the hospital, the plotting has begun for electing the next pope, ...
Pope Francis is recovering. It hasn’t stopped talk of a succession.
Discussions of succession scenarios have been accelerated by the pontiff’s bout with double pneumonia and warnings that he ...
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You’ve got mail: Pope Francis seeing massive surge of letters, many from children
ROME — The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalization, with some letters clearly written by children, bearing stamps from ...
Pope Francis advisers say he'll recover from pneumonia and a 'new stage' is opening for him
Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his ...
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Washington’s new archbishop is progressive, outspoken — and ready to stand up
If Cardinal Robert McElroy had decided long ago to prepare himself for engaging with presidents, public policy and a deeply divided Washington ... of his tenure, Pope Francis knew he was ...
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Pope following Vatican’s spiritual retreat from afar as he recovers from pneumonia in hospital
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continued his recovery on Monday from double pneumonia and looks ahead to the ...
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Weak Pope Francis wielding power, rewriting narrative of how popes exercise authority
During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he ...
In his own words: Pope Francis has long been up front about his health problems and eventual death
ROME — Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death, and personally directed that his ...