The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead.

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The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome and Vatican City In the days after the Vatican announced on Feb. 6 that Pope Francis had bronchitis and would be restricting his activities to his ...

February 17, 2025 Pope Francis has rested well and spent ‘calm’ his third night in Gemelli hospital and continues his ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis has developed pneumonia ... Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Friday, had initially been diagnosed with a ...

Although this is Francis' fourth stay at Rome's Gemelli hospital as pope ... to take on a role akin to being the governor of Vatican City. The pope had previously mentioned his plans and Raffaella ...

Francis, 88, has double pneumonia, in critical condition Pope spending 11th night in hospital Illness provokes unusual speculation among Catholic cardinals VATICAN CITY, Feb 24 (Reuters ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 18 - Pope Francis ... from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14. All public events on the pope's calendar ...