The Explainer: What happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church when a pope becomes sick or incapacitated?
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, looks at how papal power is exercised in the Holy See, how it is transferred and under what circumstances…
Pope dissolves Knights of Malta leadership, issues new constitution
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Saturday dissolved the leadership of the Knights of Malta, the global Catholic religious order and humanitarian group, and installed a provisional government ahead of the election of a new Grand Master. The change, which the pope issued in a decree, came after five years of often acrimonious debate within […]