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 doctors provide the fairly detailed daily updates that have punctuated his own battle with pneumonia.
As 88-year-old Francis battles health crisis, question lingers over Vatican: Who’ll be next Pope?
Among those considered on a hypothetical short-list to be the next Pope is Italian Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and most high-visibility cardinal among those from which Francis will choose.
Francis simplified several elements. Since the 13th century, the bodies of popes have gone on public view, their embalmed bodies placed on a raised pedestal. When John Paul II died in 2005 ...
Just as Popes John Paul II’s and Benedict’s final days revealed their understandings of the papacy, Francis’ illness has ...
Vatican City • Pope Francis has improved enough to no longer be considered in imminent danger from pneumonia and other ...
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