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Who runs the Catholic Church when a pope is incapacitated?
Original: Who is in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to run the Catholic Church?
Questions are being raised about who governs the Catholic Church if the pope becomes unconscious or otherwise unable to lead. Canon law provides limited guidance: unlike a resignation, an incapacitated pope retains his office, and no formal mechanism exists to transfer day-to-day authority. Governance largely falls to the Vatican Secretariat of State, while major decisions remain with the pope alone.
Why now: Ongoing concern over papal health and the lack of a clear constitutional mechanism for papal incapacity.
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