Apr 17 Recovering Pope Francis keeps Holy Week appointment to visit Rome prison Pope Francis visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate despite his continuing convalescence from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia. Continue reading
Apr 13 Convalescing pope opens Holy Week with in-person greeting in St. Peter’s Square By Colleen Barry, Associated Press 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 Week," in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia. Continue reading
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Apr 06 Pope Francis makes first public appearance since leaving the hospital at St. Peter’s Square By Silvia Stellacci, Colleen Barry, Associated Press Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving the hospital two weeks ago after a… Continue reading
Mar 29 Pope Francis shows ‘surprising improvement’ after surviving life-threatening crises, doctor says By Colleen Barry, Trisha Thomas, Associated Press Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, the doctor who coordinated the pontiff’s five-week hospitalization said Saturday. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 2:27 News Wrap: Russian drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least 7 people In our news wrap Sunday, a barrage of Russian drone attacks across Ukraine threaten to complicate U.S.-mediated ceasefire talks, a Turkish court ordered the arrested mayor of Istanbul to be jailed through his trial, high winds and dry conditions are… Continue watching
Mar 23 Pope Francis returns to Vatican after 5-week hospital stay for life-threatening double pneumonia By Nicole Winfield, Paolo Santalucia, Trisha Thomas, Associated Press The pope's return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal history, brought tangible relief to the Vatican and Catholic faithful who have been anxiously following 38 days of medical ups and downs. Continue reading
Mar 22 Doctors say Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday and continue recovery at the Vatican By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said. Continue reading
Mar 19 Pope Francis no longer needs mechanical ventilation mask to breathe as his health improves, Vatican says By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Francis has been at Rome's Gemelli hospital since Feb. 14 for a complex lung infection that turned into pneumonia in both lungs. Continue reading
Mar 16 Vatican releases first photo of Pope Francis in a month as he celebrates Mass in the hospital By Colleen Barry, Associated Press The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the hospital chapel. Continue reading