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A file image of King Charles III. Photo: Pool via REUTERS Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to make a state visit to the Vatican in late October, six months after the trip was postponed due to the illness of the late Pope Francis. While the king and queen delayed their formal…
Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are seen under the statue of late Pope John Paul II, outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, on February 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since February 14, 2025 | Photo Credit: ap Pope Francis is alert and still making jokes despite having double pneumonia, Italy’s Prime…
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Vatican City: Pope Francis, who was admitted to hospital last week, has developed pneumonia in both of his lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, adding that the 88-year-old was in “good spirits”. “The laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father’s clinical condition continue to present a complex picture”, the Vatican said in a statement. Francis…
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Rome: Pope Francis, hospitalised for bronchitis four days ago, faces a “complex clinical picture”, the Vatican said on Monday, indicating that the 88-year-old’s stay will be longer than initially believed. After initially cancelling events through till Monday, the Vatican said the pope’s weekly Wednesday audience would not go ahead either. “The results of the tests…
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Washington: The war of words between US Border Czar Tom Homan and Pope Francis has escalated, with Homan firing back at the Vatican’s leader over his criticism of President Donald Trump’s deportation policies. In a televised interview, Homan accused Pope Francis of hypocrisy, pointing to the Vatican’s own robust security measures, including a wall around…
Vatican City: Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a “chauvinistic mentality” in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City state. “People often complain that there are not enough nuns in roles of responsibility, in the diocese, in the (Roman) Curia and the universities. It’s true,”…
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Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer on the occasion of the Epiphany day from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on January 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis on Monday (January 6, 2025) named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian…
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Vatican City: Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge of the office that oversees the world’s Catholic religious orders. Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, will lead the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. She replaces Cardinal…
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Pope Francis gestures on the day he delivers his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi speech to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis called Wednesday (December 25, 2024) for “arms to be silenced” around the world…
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Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on Wednesday, as Pope Francis launched observation of the global holiday with a sombre mass in the Vatican. At Saint Peter’s Basilica, Francis used his Christmas Eve mass to urge Christians to think “of the wars,…
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