
                    <img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/When_the_Pope_Is_Sick_thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:15px;" />Pope Leo XIV just had surgery for lung cancer. What happens to the Church when the pope is sick? There's no vice pope, so who's in charge?
                


                    Pope Leo XIV just had surgery for lung cancer. What happens to the Church when the pope is sick? There's no vice pope, so who's in charge?
                

When the Pope Is Sick: Who Runs the Church?

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