Word: papally
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JOAQUIN NAVARRO-VALLS, papal spokesman, when asked whether the Pope has thought about resigning...
...move to legalize gay marriage, which the church vehemently opposes. While the Pope recuperates, many of his duties fall to some of his most trusted advisers. Secretary of State Angelo Cardinal Sodano, 77, is the man with the most administrative muscle. A veteran diplomat, Sodano is like a papal Prime Minister, responsible for the governance of the Roman Curia, headquarters of the Vatican bureaucracy. Sodano is also charged with covering for the Pope during temporary absences, such as the last week's hospitalization, and was slated to stand in for John Paul at this week's meeting in Rome with...
...together" said the Vatican official. "The papal apartment is equipped to respond to respiratory problems. He's had trouble breathing other times in the past. This was obviously more serious." But rather rapidly the Pope's condition appears to have stablized. On Wednesday morning, he held Mass from his hospital bed after a light breakfast and coffee. And Navarro-Valls told reporters jammed in the Gemelli lobby: "There is no cause for alarm...
...denies that the Pope is mentally alert, and able to carry on meaningful discussions. Still the Parkinson's is progressing, not only adding a risk to any related breathing problems, but steadily stripping the Pope of his ability to preach to his followers. What were once 17-hour papal work days are now a fraction of that with the Pope confined to a wheelchair and in need of ever more rest. Talk of retirement that surfaced three years ago has effectively been stifled, leaving Vatican observers with a nagging question: Who is really running the show at the Holy...
...choosing John Paul's successor. That will be done by the some 120 Cardinals under 80 years of age, who will vote in a secret, closed-door Conclave for the next Pope whenever John Paul's health does eventually fail him. Ratzinger has recently re-emerged as the top papal candidate from within the Vatican hierarchy, joining other front runners such as Dionigi Tettamanzi of Milan and Claudio Hummes of Sao Paolo. Vatican sources have told TIME that the length of the current papacy - now more than 26 years - may prompt the Cardinals to seek a shorter-term "transitional" figure...