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...
Here's a roundup of the latest articles from around the world: Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in an annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become...
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan celebrates his thanksgiving Mass at the Kalookan Cathedral on Dec. 14, 2024. (CBCP Photo) Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan has been appointed by Pope Francis to his first major role within the Roman Curia, joining the Vatican's doctrinal body as...
Pope Francis kisses a wooden statuette of the infant Jesus at the end of a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on New Year's Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to...
People look at a giant screen in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, showing Pope Francis reciting the Angelus noon prayer from his Santa Marta Residence, after he decided not to appear at the window of his studio overlooking the square because of a persistent cold, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP...
