Mr. Gibson is the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. Pope Francis has been in a Rome hospital for a month, battling double pneumonia and its complications.

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Pope Francis is still in the hospital fighting off an infection and 'complex clinical' condition as many are left wondering who might be next in line for the pontiff seat. The 88-year-old ...

Pope Francis remained hospitalized with double pneumonia as of Wednesday. Following the death or resignation of a pope, the Catholic Church elects a new pope through an election by cardinals who ...

Pope Francis, 88, remains hospitalized in Rome due to a respiratory infection and pneumonia. The Vatican reports his condition as stable but doctors remain cautious. While any baptized Catholic ...