How Pope Francis loaded the dice to ensure a progressive successor
Pontiff has packed the College of Cardinals – responsible for the papal vote after his death – with men in his own image ...
National Catholic Register7d
Pope’s ‘Autobiography’ Is a Serviceable Introduction to Francis and His Thinking
COMMENTARY: ‘Hope,’ which is not what it claims to be and is less than it ought to be, nevertheless gives glimpses into how ...
Religion News Service3h
Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
Cardinal Dolan says Pope Francis is ‘probably close to death’
As prayers continue for the health of Pope Francis as he battles double pneumonia and now "mild kidney failure," Cardinal ...
Newsweek2d
Vatican Announces Pope Francis Has New Complication, in Critical Condition
His diagnosis is still "guarded." Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, was elected pope in March 2013, becoming the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere. Parishioners around ...
Minnesotans share personal stories of Pope Francis
Pope Francis remained in critical condition and blood tests showed kidney insufficiency but, according to the Vatican, he ...
The New York Times4d
Headstrong Francis Put the Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say
By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome and Vatican City In the days after the Vatican announced on Feb. 6 that Pope Francis ... Ulet Ifansasti for The New York Times Francis had a ...
Pope Francis met at the hospital with Vatican No. 2 over candidates for sainthood, sets consistory
The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...