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● The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years As Pope Francis continues to fight double pneumonia in hospital, many have begun to wonder what the process would be if he were to step down on health grounds like …

FORMER pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. “With sorrow, I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery …