Pope returns to work after taking day off with fever
Pope Francis returned to work Saturday after taking a day off with a fever, the Vatican said, with the pontiff set to hold several private audiences.
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Pope Francis has fever, clears his schedule
Pope Francis has a fever that caused him to clear his schedule on Friday morning, the Vatican said, nearly two months after the 86-year-old pontiff was hospitalised with bronchitis.
Zelensky says thanked pope for support over Ukraine ‘tragedy’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had thanked Pope Francis during a meeting in the Vatican Saturday for focusing on the plight of millions of Ukrainians after the Russian invasion.
Two popes in the Vatican as Francis greets Coptic leader
There were once again two popes at the Vatican Wednesday, at least briefly, when Pope Francis welcomed Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, to his weekly audience.
Women, lay people to vote in bishops’ assembly: Vatican
Women and lay people will be able to vote in the next general assembly of bishops, the Vatican announced Wednesday, in a symbolic change for the Catholic Church.
Pope skips Good Friday procession due to cold weather
Pope Francis, who is recovering from bronchitis and last week spent three nights in hospital, did not attend the traditional “Way of the Cross” prayer service on Good Friday, the Vatican said.
Porn, sex abuse, gender: Pope tackles thorny issues in youth Q&A
Confronting intimate accounts of abortion, gender identity and paedophilia, Pope Francis gamely takes part in a no-holds-barred encounter with young adults in a new film released Wednesday, accepting both questions and rebukes.
Pope’s illness proves fuel for circling critics
Pope Francis’s unexpected hospitalisation this week raised fresh questions over his future, providing fuel for critics hungry for a new head of the Catholic Church, experts say.
Pope Francis leaves hospital, quips ‘I am still alive’
A jovial Pope Francis joked with well-wishers on Saturday as he left hospital after a three-night stay for bronchitis, and headed back to the Vatican to prepare for Christianity’s most important week.
Key member of pope’s sex abuse commission quits
The most influential member of a Vatican commission on tackling clerical sex abuse has quit, its leader said Wednesday, in the latest blow to a papal advisory body dogged by controversy.
