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What happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church when a pope becomes sick or incapacitated?

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Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns.

But there are no specific norms outlining what happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church if a pope becomes totally incapacitated.

Even though Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition, he is still pope and very much in charge.

Francis may be in charge, but he delegates the day-to-day running of the Vatican and church to officials.

The only time papal power changes hands is when a pope dies or resigns.

Canon law requires a papal resignation to be “freely and properly manifested” In 1965 , Pope Paul VI wrote letters to the dean of the College of Cardinals hypothesizing that if he were to become seriously ill, the dean and other cardinals should accept his resignation.

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