Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis celebrates Mass for caregivers from Rome’s Gemelli hospital while...
VATICAN CITY -- Although still hospitalized, Pope Francis has resumed working and celebrated Mass for his caregivers in the small chapel that is part...
Pope Francis urges people of Haiti to shun violence, commit to...
VATICAN CITY -- Condemning the "heinous assassination" of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Pope Francis urged the people of Haiti to shun violence and make...
Following colon surgery, Pope Francis continues ‘satisfactory’ recovery
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis continued to have a “satisfactory” recovery from colon surgery, and by July 7 doctors had removed his intravenous drip,...
Pope Francis recovers in the hospital after surgery, but Vatican protocol...
VATICAN CITY -- The organization of the universal Catholic Church has a precise hierarchy, but there is no such thing as a "vice pope,"...
Pope Francis ‘reacted well,’ recovering after surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis was hospitalized July 4 and underwent surgery on his sigmoid colon, the lowest part of the large intestine, the...
In continuation of teaching on Gospel nonviolence, Pope Francis calls for...
VATICAN CITY — Modern popes have been clear voices for peace, but Pope Francis is moving closer to a broad embrace of nonviolence and...
Vatican should offer some hope for Lebanon, ambassadors say
BEIRUT — Pope Francis’ meeting with Lebanon’s Christian religious leaders will “at least give a sign of hope” to the beleaguered country, said the...
‘You are needed,’ Pope Francis tells grandparents, all elderly people
VATICAN CITY — Writing to his peers, Catholics who have reached a venerable age like he has, Pope Francis told older Catholics that God...
Pope Francis refuses to accept resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx: ‘We...
VATICAN CITY -- Agreeing with German Cardinal Reinhard Marx that Catholic leaders cannot adopt an "ostrich policy" in the face of the clerical sexual...
Pope Francis says church must set aside any ‘merely theoretical message...
VATICAN CITY -- To truly reach out to families, the Catholic Church first must learn to listen to their concerns rather than doling out...