Vatican Dispatch

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...

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JD Vance acknowledges Pope’s criticism and prays for his recovery

us vice-president jd vance has responded to pope francis’s criticisms of the trump administration's immigration policies in a speech at the ...

Pope experiences 'bronchial spasm' in recovery setback

despite several days of slight improvement in his overall clinical status, pope francis on friday suffered what doctors described as a bronc...

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...

Pope creates new commission to help cash-strapped Vatican

pope francis has established a commission aimed at boosting donations to the vatican as it faces a crippling deficit, including a looming cr...

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...

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...

Pope’s condition ‘critical but stationary’

pope francis remains in a critical but stable condition after spending eleven days in hospital. the holy father is fighting a complex respir...

Francis improves slightly after another restful night

rome – after showing a slight improvement in his overall condition, which doctors say remains critical, pope francis continues to rest as da...