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World

Vatican Running Popeless

sede vacante

Reason Staff | 3.1.2013 12:28 PM

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The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end of one pontificate and prepare for the conclave to start the next.

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