Pope Gregory VII had required the emperor to perform the act in response to the monarch’s efforts to appoint bishops to various regions, a practice the Church sought to control. In response to ...

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The pope could wake up tomorrow and allow priests ... great reforming popes like Leo IX and Gregory VII insisted that henceforth the priesthood would be celibate. This decision greatly ...

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The Vatican says it is unclear how long Pope Francis will stay in hospital and he will not lead Sunday’s Angelus prayer after he was admitted on Friday with a respiratory tract infection.

"The clinical condition is fair," the Vatican said in an update. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital on Friday for "necessary tests" and to continue his ongoing bronchitis ...

The Pope is stable in hospital with a slight fever after he was admitted for bronchitis treatment, the Vatican has said. After daily audiences he was taken to Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic ...