Pope Francis

Pope Francis stable after 'bronchospasm' and on oxygen therapy

the vatican has said pope francis is in a stable condition after yesterday experiencing what doctors described as a “bronchospasm”, requirin...

Even in hospital, Pope Francis remains Francis: defying expectations, pulling strings

despite his longest hospitalisation to date, due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an unclear prognosis, pope fra...

Discovering the 'log' in your own eye

"first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye" (luke 6:42) in s...

Fr David Howell

Cardinal McElroy snubs Trump, but chats with Biden

moments after stating that he has no current plans to meet with president donald trump, emphasising what he stressed is the intrinsically pa...

The Barron Pilgrimage: Catholicism, culture and Californian cheer

the bishop of winona-rochester, robert barron, graced our shores last week, hopping first to the alliance for responsible citizenship’s conf...

Pope Francis's condition continues to slowly improve

pope francis’s overall condition continued to improve this thursday on his 13th day in hospital to fight a complex respiratory infection and...

Putting papal hospitalisations in context

as pope francis enters his 14th day at gemelli hospital, now the longest of his four stays at the polyclinic in rome, some observers ma...

Rosary blessed by Pope presented to world’s longest death row inmate

an 88-year-old japanese man who at one point was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been presented with a rosary blessed by po...

Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Francis's message for 'our Lenten journey' released

pope francis's message for this year's lenten period has been released by the vatican. dated 6 february, the message was written the week be...

Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders offer prayers for Pope’s recovery

as pope francis remains hospitalised in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both lungs, prayers for...