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Pope Francis makes first public appearance since hospitalization
by Clément Melki - March 23, 2025 - 10:18pm
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after being discharged from the hospital where he spent more than five weeks being treated for breathing difficulties, but took time before leaving to thank well-wishers...
Pope Francis to return to Vatican after five-week hospitalization
by Clément Melki - March 23, 2025 - 5:24pm
Pope Francis is to return to his residence in the Vatican on Sunday after his doctors said that was the best place for him to recover following a five-week hospitalization for pneumonia.
Pope Francis marks 12 years in job in hospital - with cake - but future uncertain
by Clément Melki - March 14, 2025 - 8:46am
Pope Francis marked 12 years as head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, celebrating with cake and slowly recovering after a month in hospital, but with his health casting a shadow over his future.
Hospitalized Pope Francis marks 12 years in job with future uncertain
by Clément Melki - March 13, 2025 - 7:22pm
Pope Francis marks 12 years as head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, seemingly out of danger after a month in hospital but with his health casting a shadow over his future.
'Stable' Pope Francis marks start of Lent in hospital
by Clément Melki - March 6, 2025 - 10:04am
Pope Francis celebrated the start of the Lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, the 88-year-old's condition stable but still complex as he undergoes treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican...
Pope's condition 'slightly improving' on seventh day in hospital
by Clément Melki - February 21, 2025 - 9:12am
The Vatican reported another slight improvement in Pope Francis's condition on Thursday, as the 88-year-old spent his seventh day in hospital being treated for double pneumonia.
Pope's tests show improvement, Italy PM visits
by Clément Melki - February 20, 2025 - 2:55pm
Pope Francis's blood tests show a "slight improvement" as he receives hospital treatment for pneumonia, the Vatican said Wednesday, while Italy's prime minister found the 88-year-old joking "as always".
Pope's condition 'complex', hospital stay extended — Vatican
by Clément Melki - February 18, 2025 - 10:21am
Pope Francis did some work during his fourth day in hospital Monday, but the 88-year-old faces a "complex clinical picture" that will require a longer than expected stay, the Vatican said.
Pope calls for 'arms to be silenced' in Christmas appeal
by Clément Melki - December 26, 2024 - 9:14am
Pope Francis called for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address on Wednesday, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the "extremely grave" humanitarian situation...
Pope Francis' sombre message in Christmas under shadow of war
by Clément Melki - December 25, 2024 - 5:15pm
Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on Wednesday, as Pope Francis launched observation of the global holiday with a sombre mass in the...
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year
by Clément Melki - December 25, 2024 - 9:10am
Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
With a Holy Door, Pope Francis to launch Jubilee year
by Clément Melki - December 24, 2024 - 5:24pm
Pope Francis will mark Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a special ceremony launching Jubilee 2025, a year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
Scaffolding, traffic chaos as Rome readies for pope's Jubilee
by Clément Melki - November 25, 2024 - 8:36am
Rome is undergoing a facelift for the pope's 2025 Jubilee celebrations, but a month before it starts, much of the Eternal City remains a building site.
Women priests secretly ordained in the shadow of the Vatican
by Clément Melki - October 21, 2024 - 10:34am
On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.
Pope Francis to meet sexual abuse victims in Belgium visit
by Clément Melki - September 27, 2024 - 1:53pm
Pope Francis is expected to meet Belgian victims of clerical sex abuse on Friday as he embarks on a three-day visit to the country partially overshadowed by the Catholic Church's dark past.
Sporting a feathered headdress, Pope finds 'Eden' in Papua New Guinea
by Clément Melki - September 8, 2024 - 6:21pm
Pope Francis visited a remote jungle-flanked community in Papua New Guinea Sunday, where he urged an end to violence, and "superstition and magic" that tarnishes a place he likened to Eden.
Pope Francis' grueling tour gets into full swing in Indonesia
by Clément Melki - September 4, 2024 - 9:55am
Pope Francis was set to meet Indonesia's president on Wednesday after the 87-year-old appeared in good health and strong spirits when he arrived in the Muslim-majority nation to launch a grueling tour of the As...
Pope arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia to start Asia-Pacific tour
by Clément Melki - September 3, 2024 - 4:56pm
Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday to kick off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old's papacy.
At 87, pope defies expectations with epic voyage
by Clément Melki - August 30, 2024 - 10:51am
By embarking aged 87 on the farthest journey of his papacy, Pope Francis is doing something some believed impossible -- and seeking to silence those who doubt his ability to fulfil his role.
Pope Francis meets women prisoners in Venice, first trip in months
by Clément Melki - April 28, 2024 - 4:45pm
Pope Francis on Sunday visited a prison for women in Venice ahead of a mass in the watery city representing the 87-year-old pontiff's first trip outside Rome for seven months.
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