Weak-Sounding Pope Releases Audio Message from Hospital
“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the Square, I accompany you from here,” Francis said in a message broadcast in St Peter’s Square.
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Pope Francis Resting After ‘Peaceful Night’: Vatican
The 88-year-old had used an oxygen mask overnight for a third time, the Holy See said.
Hospitalised Pope Stable, Rested Overnight: Vatican
The Argentine head of the Catholic Church was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 with bronchitis, which later developed into pneumonia in both lungs.
Pope Francis in critical condition: Vatican
Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, the morning after revealing the 88-year-old was in a “critical” condition.
Pope Cuts Three-Coffin Tradition From Papal Funerals
Deceased popes traditionally have three coffins, one made out of cypress, one of lead and one of elm, which are placed one inside the other, before the papal body is interred.
Pope wraps up Indonesia leg of gruelling Asia-Pacific tour
Pope Francis left Indonesia for Papua New Guinea Friday on the second leg of an arduous 12-day tour of the…
Pope Makes Appeal on Extremism as He Launches Asia Tour
Pope Francis appealed Wednesday for religious unity to counter extremism and intolerance, as the longest tour of the 87-year-old’s papacy…
Pope Heads to Indonesia, First Stop in Four-Nation Tour
Pope Francis, 87, was set to land in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday for a visit dominated by inter-faith ties, the…
Pope Says Repelling, Abandoning Migrants is ‘Grave Sin’
Pope Francis condemned Wednesday efforts to repel migrants and block their routes as a “grave sin”, as he recalled those…
Pope says ex-pontiff Benedict ‘very ill’, prays for him
Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries, has been in increasingly frail health
