ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being treated for pneumonia and a complex lung infection, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pope, who remains conscious, received "high flows" of oxygen to help him...
Several shrines dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Diocese of Antipolo, covering the Catholic churches in Rizal Province and Marikina City, have started offering prayers for the swift recovery of Pope Francis. Leading the recitation of the prayers for Pope Francis are the International...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after tests confirmed the 88-year-old pontiff had developed pneumonia in both lungs in a further complication that raised concerns about his ability to fight off the infection. Candles with the...
Pope Francis during the prayer for peace inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Oct. 27, 2023 (CBCP News) Catholic leaders in the Philippines have called on the faithful to pray for Pope Francis’ health as he continues treatment for a respiratory infection. Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David,...
Pope Francis (AP) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff that raised concerns about his ability to fight off the infection. The Vatican said...
PRAYER FOR HEALING – A woman kneels at the foot of a statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ROME...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was being hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since he was elected pope in 2013, after he was diagnosed with bronchitis last week. Francis had part of one lung removed as a young man and has recurring bouts of bronchitis, especially in winter. Pope Francis...
Cardinal Michael Czerny meets with journalists at the Vatican press hall, in Rome, on March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' point-man on migration and development has urged the Trump administration to remember Christian principles about...
A Marian image in Antipolo City will soon become the seventh pontifically crowned image of the Virgin Mary in the diocese. Antipolo Bishop Ruperto C. Santos announced that the image of the Nuestra Señora dela Annunciata, enshrined in the Boso-Boso Parish church in the upland Sitio Boso-Boso in...
ILOILO CITY – Pope Francis has appointed Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Bermejo Billones as the new archbishop of the Archdiocese of Jaro here on Sunday, Feb. 2. CEBU Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Bermejo Billones during the Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles) in Iloilo...
Pope Francis (AP) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling him “not Christian” for wanting to build a wall along...
Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he presides over the Sunday mass at King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that...
