Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly manifested”—conditions that would be difficult to ascertain if a pope were already incapacitated.
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Update: Pope Francis’ doctors do not note any improvement in daily medical report
Pope Francis remains in “critical but stationary” condition, according to the medical report released by the Vatican this evening. The report does not mention any improvement since yesterday’s medical update.
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Update: Pope Francis has a peaceful night after recent breathing crisis
The severe breathing crisis that Francis experienced on Feb. 22 has been overcome. The pope is not sedated. He is seated in an armchair and eating normally.
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Pope Francis in critical condition after respiratory crisis
Pope Francis has had a severe breathing crisis today that required giving him high-flow oxygen and blood transfusions.
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UK court backs Vatican in refusing to say London financier acted in ‘good faith’ in property deal
A British court backed a Vatican tribunal’s ruling that financier Raffaele Mancione defrauded the Holy See of tens of millions of euros related to a London property.
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Pope Francis calls for global peace in message from hospital bed
The pope also extended his greetings to the thousands of artists who had come to celebrate their Jubilee in Rome this weekend.
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Pope Francis appoints an Italian nun as the first woman governor of Vatican City
The announcement came as Francis was in his bed in the Gemelli Hospital being treated for an infection of the respiratory tract. A Vatican spokesman said “the Holy Father passed a good night and slept well.”
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Vatican secretary of state: Palestinians must not be deported from Gaza
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, spoke out against President Donald Trump’s proposal to deport more than 2 million Palestinians from Gaza.
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Pope Francis can help chart A.I.’s way forward
From both the Vatican and the pope, we have heard a consistent message: A.I. is a tool that is created by and shapes human culture. Thus far, however, we have not seen much in the way of specific recommendations. We believe that this is an important next step for Francis as he emerges as a leading global voice in conversations about A.I.
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The problem with JD Vance’s theology of ‘ordo amoris’—and its impact on policy
JD Vance tries to use Aquinas’s ‘order of love’ to support his political ideology, but is the ethical order he proposes actually consistent with the ethic of Aquinas or, more broadly, with the principles of Catholic social teaching?