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The Roman Catholic Church has announced that Pope Francis was rushed to a hospital and will be admitted to the hospital.

In 2013, Benedict XVI announced that he would become the first pope in 600 years to resign.

Benedict was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years.

At almost 12,000 feet, La Paz, Bolivia, is one of the world’s highest capital cities and for centuries the locals have chewed coca leaves to ward off the effects of altitude sickness. Interesting … they get high to fight the altitude...

I'm sure I will get some slack for this...

Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas. He chose the name Pope Francis.

Tuesday evening, a plume of black smoke rose out of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, signifying that the first round of balloting to elect a new pope had passed without any nominee receiving the necessary two-thirds majority.

Actress Susan Sarandon is under fire from the Catholic League after calling Pope Benedict XVI a “Nazi” during a recent interview. When telling filmmaker Bob Balaban about sending the pope a copy of the book ‘Dead Men Walking,’ which inspired the film for which she won a 1995 Oscar, she said she meant Pope John Paul II and “not this Nazi one we have now.”