Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown has requested the Filipino faithful to keep on praying for the health and continuous recovery of Pope Francis. Pope Francis (Manila Bulletin file photo) The 86-year-old Church leader was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, June 16, nine...
ROME, Italy - Pope Francis will undergo an operation for a painful abdominal hernia on Wednesday, reviving concerns over the 86-year-old's increasingly fragile health. Francis was admitted mid-morning to the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where he is expected to stay for several days. The 86-year-old,...
ROME, Italy -Pope Francis visited a Rome hospital for a medical check-up on Tuesday, the Vatican said, just over two months after he was hospitalised with bronchitis. "This morning Pope Francis went to the Gemelli Polyclinic to undergo some clinical tests and returned to the Vatican before noon,"...
Marian Shrines from the Philippines will join a global prayer for Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, May 31. The International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City. (Photo credit: ANTIPOLO CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE / CBCP) Pope Francis declared in his Regina Caeli address...
STRASBOURG- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Strasbourg Luc Ravel, who stepped down last month following complaints about his management, the Bishops' Conference of France said on Saturday. The diocese of the eastern French city is unusual in the Catholic Church, as...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis returned to work Saturday after taking a day off with a fever, the Vatican said, with the pontiff set to hold several private audiences. The 86-year-old, who was hospitalised with bronchitis nearly two months ago, had a full calendar of meetings lined up, it...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis has a fever that caused him to clear his schedule on Friday morning, the Vatican said, nearly two months after the 86-year-old pontiff was hospitalised with bronchitis. "Due to a feverish state, Pope Francis did not receive an audience this morning," said...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis described on Sunday an "acute and strong" pneumonia that led to his hospitalization last month, but the 86-year-old pontiff said he was determined to keep travelling. Pope Francis (AFP) "I felt a strong pain at the end of the (March 29)...
BUDAPEST, Hungary --Â Pope Francis on Sunday called on Hungarians to be "open" toward migrants, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the central European country whose nationalist premier has taken a staunch anti-immigration stance. Tens of thousands thronged a central Budapest square to hear the...
BUDAPEST, Hungary- Pope Francis called for a recovery of the European spirit and a rejection of "adolescent belligerence" amid rising nationalism and war in Ukraine, during his visit to Budapest Friday. The pontiff's three-day trip started with a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose...
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Pope Francis called for a recovery of the European spirit and a rejection of "adolescent belligerence" amid rising nationalism and war in Ukraine, during his visit to Budapest Friday. The pontiff's three-day trip started with a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis noted his "deep concern" on Sunday over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, delivering an Easter Mass in which he denounced the barriers to peace in the world. He said the renewed violence "threatens the desired climate of trust and mutual...
