Despite ‘critical’ condition, pope is working from hospital room
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a sign affirming that Pope Francis has been able to conduct work while in…
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Bishops call for prayers as Pope Francis’ condition remains critical
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Catholic bishops throughout the U.S. are calling on the faithful to pray for Pope Francis, who is in critical condition…
US bishops urge faithful to join rosary for Pope Francis at 3 p.m. ET
byBy OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops urged the faithful to join in on a call from Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro…
Faithful gather to pray Angelus at hospital as pope is still on oxygen
byBy Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While Italy’s main news agency reported that Pope Francis’ respiratory “crisis” had…
Pope’s condition still ‘critical’ with signs of renal insufficiency under control
byBy Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors…
Pope’s breathing ‘crisis’ reportedly passes, but he’s still on oxygen
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While Italy’s main news agency reported that Pope Francis’ respiratory “crisis” had subsided, a Vatican…
Deacons are called to selflessness, men ordained at Jubilee Mass are told
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower…
Pope has respiratory ‘crisis,’ doctors say ‘prognosis reserved’
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis experienced “an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required the use…
Israel devastated by ‘macabre’ return of child hostages’ bodies as ceasefire holds
byBy Judith Sudilovsky, OSV News JERUSALEM — Israel has identified three of the bodies of hostages returned Feb. 20 but said the body of…
Jubilee of Deacons participants discuss synodality, women deacons
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service ROME — An international group of permanent deacons and their wives met in Rome to reflect together on…