Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, a long-time confidant and Secretary of the late Pope John Paul II, says he believes that the seriously ill Pope Francis is unlikely to resign. Dziwisz served the Polish pope for several decades until his death. According to the 85-year-old Dziwisz on Wednesday, One does not come down from the cross of…
Pope Francis slept well throughout the night, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after the pontiff suffered two episodes of respiratory insufficiency the evening before. “The Pope slept through the night and now continues to rest,” a statement said. Monday’s episodes resulted in two bronchoscopies, which removed “large secretions” of mucus. Francis was then put back…
Information released on Wednesday by the Vatican says that Pope Francis has partially resumed some work inspite of his continuing critical condition in the hospital. Francis, 88, is sitting in an armchair while continuing his therapy, which includes receiving additional oxygen via a tube through his nose. He is eating normally, the Vatican said. The…
The Holy See announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis “rested well” during his 11th night in the hospital in Rome. In spite of a slight improvement in his condition, the Vatican confirmed that the 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church remains in critical condition. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital with a respiratory…
Pope Francis spent his third night in hospital without complications, a Vatican spokesman said on Monday. He added that the 88-year-old had “a restful night,” breakfasted and read the morning newspapers. The head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics has been hospitalised in a Rome hospital since Friday and is, according to the Vatican, suffering…
Pope Francis would remain in hospital, his clinical condition is complex, the Holy See’s news service said on Monday. On Friday, after the end of his morning audiences, the Pope went to Gremelli Hospital in Rome for diagnostic tests and treatment for bronchitis, the Holy See said. “The results of tests conducted in recent days…
Pope Francis has once again been unable to deliver a public address due to ongoing bronchitis. During the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, the 88-year-old pontiff, who leads 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, asked a priest to read his prepared statement on his behalf. He explained that he was unable to read it…
Pope Francis sharply criticised U.S. President Donald Trump’s mass deportations of migrants in an open letter on Tuesday to U.S. Catholic bishops. The head of around 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide described the crackdown on irregular immigration initiated by Trump as a “major crisis” for the United States. A nation’s right to protect its population from…
Pope Francis will open the Holy Year of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday evening. In a solemn ceremony on Christmas Eve, the 88-year-old pontiff will open the Holy Door, which is otherwise walled up from the inside, and pass through it. The Catholic Church normally celebrates a Holy Year, also known…
Pope Francis has said that allegations of genocide in Gaza should be “carefully investigated”, marking some of his most substantial criticism yet of Israel’s war with Hamas. “According to some experts… what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide,” Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, cited the pontiff as writing…
