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When the pope is sick, Italians always gossip about who comes next
But he’s on track to equal or surpass Pope Gregory XII, perhaps best known for being the most recent pope to resign until Pope Benedict XVI did so in 2013. Gregory was 88 when he stepped down in ...
Influential bishops with Chicago ties will have a hand in picking the next pope
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...
The Sun25d
Pope Francis could RESIGN over health battle with ‘double pneumonia’… becoming second Pontiff in a row to quit job
Celestine V in 1294 and Gregory VI in 1046. Ravasi continued: "Until now, the Pope has chosen to continue his activity even when he has had knee problems, for example. "On that occasion ...
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Pope says how he wants his funeral to be celebrated
His resignation was the first by a pope since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first on a pope's initiative since Celestine V in 1294. Francis then went on to recount an anecdote: on one occasion in ...
With Pope Francis' prognosis remaining guard, how is a new pope chosen? What we know
America also reported that a Vatican source said Pope Francis is stable, but the prognosis is guarded, which means he's not ...
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Influential bishops with Chicago ties will have a hand in picking the next pope
Chicago-born Wilton Gregory was appointed the first African American cardinal in 2020 by Pope Francis. Until his January retirement, Cardinal Gregory was archbishop of Washington, D.C. Gregory ...