Francis this week has been following a Lenten spiritual retreat that has been a mainstay of his papacy, with updates on his condition omitting reference to work as earlier in his hospital stay.
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Pope Francis was marking the 12th anniversary of his papacy on Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks after being ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital — the first pope to do so in modern church history — as he received increasingly positive ...
However, the Vatican did not acknowledge the condition until after his death. In keeping with his papacy, Francis has been upfront about his health. In 2021, he gave an unprecedentedly candid ...
Pope Francis's recovery from double pneumonia in hospital is entering its fourth week, with questions being raised about what the future of his papacy might look like. The pontiff followed the ...
As he recovers from pneumonia, Pope Francis has delegated key responsibilities to cardinals, raising questions about the future of his papacy. While the 88-year-old pontiff remains active from the ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful ...
On Sunday, one of the cardinals most closely associated with Francis' papacy, Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, presides over the Holy Year Mass for volunteers that Francis was supposed to have ...
Sheri M. Terounzo WEST RUTLAND — Sheri Marie Terounzo, the most beautiful and kind woman passed away at 52 peacefully in the arms of her daughter on February 19, 2025. Sheri was born on April 2, 1972, ...
Benedict’s resignation revealed his own rational approach to the papacy, as longtime Vaticanist John Thavis recently explained to me. He understood the papacy as “an office that is held and ...
His papacy spanned from 2005 to 2013. Some interpret St Malachy's phrase 'lilium et rosa,' translating to 'lilly and the rose', as a reference to Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644), given his family's ...