Religion
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with in-person greeting in St. Peter’s Square
Pope Francis meets with people as he unexpectedly appears during the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on April 13, 2025. Simone Risoluti | Via Reuters A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy […]
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Pope Francis greets crowds at Vatican in first appearance since leaving hospital
Pilgrims walk to the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica on March 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Pope Francis on Sunday made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago after treatment for double pneumonia, entering St. Peter’s Square at the […]
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Pope Francis returns to Vatican after five weeks in hospital
Pope Francis waves during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day he is set to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, on March 23, 2025. Guglielmo Mangiapane | Reuters Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after surviving a five-week battle in hospital against double pneumonia that became the […]
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Pope Francis to be released from the hospital
A rose and and an image of Pope Francis are placed at the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, Feb. 27, 2025. Yara Nardi | Reuters Pope Francis is scheduled to be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors said […]
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Pope Francis seen in hospital for first time as Vatican releases photo
Pope Francis concelebrates Holy Mass in the chapel of the apartment on the tenth floor of the Gemelli hospital, where he continues his treatment, in Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Holy See Press Office | Via Reuters The Vatican on Sunday released the first image of Pope Francis in hospital since he began treatment […]
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Pope Francis follows Vatican spiritual retreat as doctors say he’s no longer in imminent danger
A picture of Pope Francis, a red rose and a rosary are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli University Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 04, 2025. Alberto Pizzoli | Afp | Getty Images Pope Francis participated remotely in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat Tuesday […]
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Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside China
Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama arrives at Teterboro Airport as Tibetans and well-wishers wait for him in New Jersey, United States on June 23, 2024. Lokman Vural Elibol | Anadolu | Getty Images The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, […]
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Pope Francis, starting fourth week in hospital, showing improvement, Vatican says
Faithfuls light candles for Pope Francis at Piramide de Mayo monument during a Torchlight March in support of the health of Pope Francis on March 7, 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tobias Skarlovnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images Pope Francis is showing a “good response” to his treatment in hospital for double pneumonia […]
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Sepsis a threat in pope’s pneumonia battle as Vatican Holy Year celebrations march on without him
The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch-and-go and will keep him hospitalized for at least another week. Francis slept well overnight, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a brief early update Saturday. But doctors […]
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Biden awards Pope Francis Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction
Pope Francis meets U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican, October 29, 2021. Vatican Media | Reuters President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the first time in his term the president has bestowed that honor, the White House announced on Saturday. “The first pope from the Southern […]
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