Francis Is in the Hospital. What Happens When a Pope Dies?
Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...
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Burlington bishop among those praying for pope’s health this Ash Wednesday
Burlington Bishop John McDermott is joining others around the world this Ash Wednesday in praying for the Pope’s health.
Pope Francis hits 3-week mark of hospitalization after giving world a sign of his frailty
Pope Francis has hit the three-week mark in his hospitalization for double pneumonia. The 88-year-old Francis spent 20 ...
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Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
Pope Francis’ ‘complex’ health crisis triggers wave of prayer and uncertainty across Rome
People in Rome and the Vatican are relying on their faith as they cope with the daily anxiety waiting to hear about the ...
A weak Pope Francis thanks people for their prayers ‘from the bottom of my heart’ in audio message
ROME (AP) — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio ...
Pope Francis’s words air in St. Peter’s Square for first time since illness
The recorded message was the first released by the Vatican since Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory illness on ...
Ailing pope thanks doctors as condition improves
Pope Francis, who is responding well to treatment for pneumonia, thanked his doctors and healthcare workers Sunday as he ...