Pope Francis is recovering. It hasn’t stopped talk of a succession.
Discussions of succession scenarios have been accelerated by the pontiff’s bout with double pneumonia and warnings that he ...
Pope Francis has left the hospital after 5 weeks. Here’s what comes next
On Thursday, March 13, he celebrated the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy with a cake brought to him by members ...
Arellano: Near death, Pope Francis rallied back. We need his voice more than ever
Francis rejected all trappings of sovereignty and cult of personality. Instead, he has lived and preached what Jesus ...
Pope Francis to be released from hospital Sunday after 5 weeks fighting life-threatening pneumonia
Francis was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened. He later developed a ...
Pope Francis leaves hospital after first public appearance in weeks
Pope Francis made his first public appearance after a five-week-long health crisis, and he was finally dismissed from the ...
Pope Francis set to make first public appearance on Sunday since hospitalization
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis is set to make his first public appearance in weeks on Sunday, greeting the public from his ...
Pope Francis’s doctors considered allowing him to die before unexpected recovery
The doctors who cared for Pope Francis during his health battle over the past few weeks at one point thought there might be no choice but to let him die.
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Good Samaritan parable offers insights into current challenges faced by immigrants and the poor, Cardinal McElroy says
Then Cardinal McElroy read the account of the Parable of the Good Samaritan from the Gospel of Luke 10:25-37, in which a man ...
A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority
Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome ...
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Vatican switchboard nuns field growing calls about pope — but no, you can’t speak with him directly
VATICAN CITY (AP) — How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls ...
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A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority
During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he boarded the Alitalia charter bound for Brazil, since popes never carry bags ...