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‘The chronic illness remains’ but the pontiff, 88, is stable and ‘in good humour’, one of his doctors saysPope Francis, who is in hospital undergoing treatment for double pneumonia, is “not yet out of danger” and will remain in hospital for at least th…
Eight-month-old with incurable condition dies in mother’s arms hours after being taken to a hospiceA critically ill baby girl at the centre of a legal battle has died after her life support was removed, her father has said.Eight-month-old Indi Gregory …
Rare move comes after years of criticism from Strickland, a strong supporter of former US president Donald TrumpPope Francis has dismissed a bishop in Texas, Joseph Strickland, one of his fiercest critics among US Roman Catholic conservatives, the Vati…
Vatican office adds there must be no ‘situations in which there is a risk of generating a public scandal’The Vatican’s doctrinal office has said that transgender people can under certain circumstances be baptised in the Catholic church and serve as god…
Bishop Jose Negri of Santo Amaro in Brazil sent the doctrinal office six questions in July regarding LGBT people and their participation in the sacraments of baptism and matrimony.
Christopher Saunders, who denies grooming young boys, criticised the Catholic church’s response to child sexual abuse allegations at a royal commission in 2017Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Catholic leader no…
Archbishop of Perth says the former bishop has denied the ‘deeply distressing’ allegationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Catholic archbishop of Perth sa…
Ulma family including unborn child all beatified for their actions to help Jews during second world war The Vatican has beatified a Polish family of nine – a married couple and their small children – who were executed by the Nazis during the second wo…
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…
Pope Francis is undergoing a surgery that involves opening up the abdomen to expose internal organs, and doctors planned to insert a prosthesis.