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Vatican’s solemn run-up to Easter opens with recovering Pope Francis improving but on the sidelines
The Vatican is opening the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines.
Pope Francis thanks doctors who saved his life in meeting at Vatican
Pope Francis on Wednesday thanked members of the medical team who saved his life during a five-week hospital stay for a serious case of double pneumonia, speaking softly but breathing without oxygen ...
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with in-person greeting in St. Peter’s Square
A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a ...
The reactionary international: How three ideological families are united in hating progressivism
Three ideological currents – ultraconservative Christians, national-populists and techno-libertarians – though often at odds, ...
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with greeting in St. Peter's Square
The Vatican said it was waiting to advise on what role he may play in upcoming Holy Week events leading up to Easter Sunday.
Pope Francis makes in-person appearance at St. Peter's Square to open Holy Week
The Argentinian pope is entering his fourth week of convalescence during which doctors have advised him to avoid crowds.
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Pope Francis calls his envoy to Ukraine; ‘The papal blessing is protecting us, we feel it,’ says local bishop
Bishop Sobilo, who – like Cardinal Krajewski – is Polish, and drove one of the ambulances to Ukraine, told OSV News that “the ...