Various videos claim Pope Francis's successor has been appointed, but that's not how a new bishop of Rome is chosen. How does the system actually work? View on euronews ...
New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan turns 75 Thursday, and is required to submit his resignation to the Vatican. The formality ...
All Catholic bishops are required to submit a letter of resignation when they reach 75 years of age, but recently Francis has ...
Speculation about Francis’ health is a constant in Vatican circles, especially after Pope Benedict XVI broke 600 years of tradition and resigned from the papacy in 2013. The Vatican said ...
At the same time, Pope Frances announced his acceptance of Daniel Cardinal DiNardo’s resignation. Archbishop-Designate Vásquez will be installed as the ninth Archbishop of Galveston-Houston on ...
The Vatican did not explain the reason for the cardinal's resignation but canon law ... all bishops to submit their resignations to the Pope at age 75. DiNardo will have the right to vote ...
Popes don’t do that. Only one other pope in history, of the all 260+ who have sat on St Peter’s throne, had retired. If Francis had also, in view of his evident infirmity, decided to go ...
Pope Francis, who turned 88 last month and asked an aide to read a major speech last week due to a cold, says in a new book that he feels healthy and has no plans to resign as leader of the global ...
Pope Francis made the appointment of Weisenburger, most recently bishop of Diocese of Tucson, after officially accepting the ...