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MILAN (Reuters) — Pope Francis on Sunday urged politicians to address the “open wound” of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, saying he had been praying for the 41 people who died in a shipwreck earlier this month. “With both pain and shame we must d…
Pope Francis has encouraged young people around the world to hold on to their hopes and dreams for a better future during the closing Mass of Catholic Church’s World Youth Day in Lisbon. “Do not be afraid,” the pontiff said on Sunday, repeating the ca…
‘He understands Julian is suffering and is concerned,’ says Stella Assange after audience with pontiffPope Francis has met Stella Assange, the wife of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder, who said the pope’s gesture in receiving her was evidence of his “o…
Pope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring.
Francis was working from his hospital room and also spending time in the small chapel of the 10th floor suite that is reserved for popes, Bruni said.
Prayer will instead be said in his suite after chief surgeon says Francis should avoid strain on abdomen Pope Francis’s recovery from surgery is going well but doctors have advised him not to deliver his Sunday blessing from a hospital balcony to avoid…
Francis rested “extensively” during a peaceful night and was spending his first day after the surgery observing the “necessary post-operative rest,” the Vatican said.
Pope Francis is undergoing a surgery that involves opening up the abdomen to expose internal organs, and doctors planned to insert a prosthesis.
The Vatican said Francis, 86, would be put under general anesthesia for the procedure Wednesday afternoon and would be hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital for several days.
Pontiff appears to reference a woman who drew pilgrims to a statue near Rome she claimed shed tears of bloodApparitions of the Virgin Mary are “not always real”, Pope Francis has said, in what appears to be an indirect reference to a woman who drew tho…