World Feb 23 Prayers pour in for Pope Francis, in critical condition with early kidney failure but still alert Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert and “well-oriented,” and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles pneumonia and a complex lung infection.
World Feb 22 Pope Francis in critical condition after asthmatic respiratory crisis, Vatican says The 88-year-old Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in a late update.
World Feb 21 Medical team says Pope Francis isn’t out of danger but his condition isn’t life-threatening The 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on top of chronic bronchitis. Francis’ doctors delivered their first in-person update on the pope's condition.
World Feb 20 Pope Francis is out of bed, eating and working at hospital while recovering from pneumonia “If you really want him to rest, you have to hospitalize him,” quipped Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, the archbishop of Marseille, France, referring to Francis' work ethic.
World Feb 19 Italian PM Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital as he battles complex respiratory infection The Vatican said Francis' overall condition remained stationary, but that blood tests showed a “slight improvement" in key inflammation indices. Francis also worked in the afternoon with his collaborators, the Vatican said in a late statement.
World Feb 18 Vatican cancels papal audiences and Holy Year events as Pope Francis remains hospitalized The Vatican has canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pope remains hospitalized with a multi-pronged respiratory infection.
World Feb 14 Pope Francis hospitalized to treat bronchitis and undergo tests, weekend events canceled Pope Francis has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis and to undergo tests.
World Feb 11 Pope Francis rebukes Trump administration migrant crackdown, taking direct aim at Vance "What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly," Francis wrote.
World Feb 10 Vatican charity blasts Trump administration’s plan to ‘recklessly’ gut USAID Caritas on Monday warned that millions of people could die as a result of the “ruthless” U.S. decision to “recklessly” stop USAID funding.
World Jan 20 Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans of mass deportation of immigrants ‘a disgrace’ Pope Francis says Donald Trump's plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a "disgrace."…