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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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Francis marks 12th anniversary of becoming pope in hospital
Pope Francis has marked the anniversary of his election as the head of the Catholic Church in hospital, a statement from the ...
“Conclave” ending explained: What that final shocking twist means for the church (and why the future pope is a major outlier)
"There's an alleged diary by a cardinal from the conclave that elected [Cardinal Joseph] Ratzinger as Pope Benedict that ...
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Would Pope Francis resign? Experts say it’s unlikely – but the pontiff often springs surprises
The pope was put on a breathing machine on Friday ... when Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, announced he was stepping aside. It all happened in what was assumed to be a routine meeting ...
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'Who am I to judge?' With five words, Pope Francis set new tone for Catholic Church
when the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – presided over by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who would go on to become Pope Benedict XVI – had barred the organization’s ...
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What Oscar-nominee 'Conclave' gets right — and wrong — about the Vatican
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s homily at Pope John Paul II’s funeral was also a key moment that led Ratzinger, becoming Pope Benedict XVI, to be elected. If “Conclave” misses a critical ...
The New Yorker24d
The Pope’s Role Has Changed in Our Time. But Has the Church?
John XXIII, who was elected Pope in 1958, called an ecumenical ... outsized role played in them by the Bavarian theologian Joseph Ratzinger, who was brought to the Vatican in 1982 to head the ...