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Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday as he remained in critical condition with pneumonia and a complex lung infection, the Vatican said. Prayers for him poured in from around the world, from his native Argentina to the seat of Sunni Islam in Cairo to schoolchildren in Rome. In…
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Written by Tom Clarke, a Science and technology editor As we age, our ability to fight off infections or ailments that wouldn’t have troubled us before gradually diminishes. Pope Francis is 88 and unlike many people lucky enough to live that long, has a demanding job that likely leaves less time for the rest that…
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The pope’s condition is “stable” and he is “touched by messages of affection”, the Vatican has said in an update amid his hospital stay. Earlier on Monday, the Vatican said Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection is presenting a “complex clinical picture” and he will need to remain in hospital. Concerns have been growing about the…
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A cardinal in Jerusalem has offered to exchange himself for child hostages, Reuters reports. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Pope Francis’ representative in the Holy Land, made the comments in Italy but stressed his office could not get in contact with Hamas. “I am ready for an exchange, anything, if this can lead to freedom, to bring the…
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Pope Francis today condemned “belligerent nationalisms” and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming “the graveyard of dignity”. Francis spoke out in favour of welcoming migrants, in a long speech that concluded a Church conference on Mediterranean issues in Marseille, a French port that for…
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Pope Francis condemned an assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister as a “vile act of terrorism” and said Tuesday he is praying for peace in the country. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, sent a telegram to Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi expressing Francis’ solidarity and prayers to al-Kadhimi’s family and those injured in…
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Pope Francis presented this speech about the family, describing families as a place of forgiveness.. FAMILY, PLACE OF FORGIVENESS … ©️ There is no perfect family.©️ We do not have perfect parents, you are not perfect yourself. We do not marry a perfect person or we do not have perfect children. ©️ We have complaints…
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Pope Francis has had surgery to remove part of his left colon in what the Vatican has described as a planned procedure. Doctors say the bowel problems that the 84-year-old pope was experiencing are very common in older people, although only about 10% to 20% of people with similar problems require surgery. Here’s a look…
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U.S. Catholic bishops should stop playing the victim and do something to end the “culture of abuse,” Pope Francis said in a letter from Rome Thursday. The pontiff addressed his eight-page letter to the U.S. ecclesiastic heads, writing: “These have been times of turbulence in the lives of all those victims who suffered in their…
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U.S. Catholic bishops should stop playing the victim and do something to end the “culture of abuse,” Pope Francis said in a letter from Rome Thursday. The pontiff addressed his eight-page letter to the U.S. ecclesiastic heads, writing: “These have been times of turbulence in the lives of all those victims who suffered in their…
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Cardinal Reinhard Marx, a top German bishop in Germany who also holds position as head of the German Bishops Conference, has tendered unreserved apologies to thousands of sexual abuse victims. Image: Cardinal Reinhard Marx In his reference to series of sexual molestation cases which occurred inside the Catholic Church in Germany, Marx acknowledged that…
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