Pope takes doctors’ advice to skip Sunday public blessing as he recovers from surgery
ROME Pope Francis, wisely following doctors advice, will skip Sunday s customary public blessing to allow himself to better heal after abdominal surgery earlier this week, his surgeon told report
Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly Rome
ROME Pope Francis, hospitalized recently with bronchitis, skipped the traditional Good Friday nighttime procession at the Colosseum because of chilly weather in Rome, staying instead at his home at
Vatican: Pope OK to leave hospital, has pizza, baptizes baby
ROME Pope Francis has been cleared by doctors for discharge on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff had pizza one evening wi
Migrant boat breaks up off Italian coast, killing nearly 60
ROME A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart before dawn Sunday off the Italian coast, authorities said. Rescuers recovered nearly 60 bodies, and dozens more peo
Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI ‘worsening’
VATICAN CITY Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI s health has worsened over the past hours due to advanced age and doctors are constantly monitoring his condition, the Vatican said Wednesday, as Pope Franci
Pope’s lament: Icy winds of war buffet humanity at Christmas
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the icy winds of war buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-
Americans brace for ‘hardest, saddest’ week of their lives
NEW YORK Americans braced for what the nation s top doctor warned Sunday would be the hardest and saddest week of their lives while Britain assumed the unwelcome mantle of deadliest coronavirus ho