Pope Francis is alert after suffering two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday afternoon, the Vatican has said. Doctors were forced to intervene to clear mucus from the Pope’s lungs, an update from the Holy See said, though it said he was alert throughout. The 88-year-old pontiff has resumed the use of an oxygen […]
Pope Francis has the onset of double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday, complicating treatment for the 88-year pontiff and indicating a further deterioration in his fragile health. Francis has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14. The Vatican said in a statement that […]
Pope Francis on Sunday criticised President-elect Donald Trump’s reported plan to sharply intensify immigration enforcement actions across the U.S. in the days after his inauguration. In an Italian television interview, the pontiff said it would be a “disgrace” if Trump went forward with the plan, in unusually forceful language for the leader of the global Catholic […]
Ghana and the Vatican have reaffirmed their commitment to foster closer collaboration, particularly in the areas of education and health care. They also discussed issues about the political, social and economic situation in Ghana, as well as global peace matters, including the need to improve security in West Africa. This came to light when President […]
Pope Francis criticised laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops […]
The Catholic Bishop of the Wa Diocese, Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, has been elevated as a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church by the Pope. He was named as part of 21 new Cardinals around the world announced by Pope Francis on Sunday (May 29, 2022). Pope Francis announced that he will create 21 new Cardinals […]
Pope Francis reached out this week to El Paso, Texas, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, the first Catholic bishop to publicly take the knee in symbolic recognition of racial injustice and police brutality in America. On Monday, Bishop Seitz attended a rally with parishioners and other clergy in Memorial Park in El Paso’s Manhattan Heights neighborhood. […]
A picture of Pope Francis kissing the feet of the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir has gone viral on social media with many unable to hide their admiration for the humility of the Head of the Catholic Church. The Pope during the meeting with the protagonists from South Sudan impressed upon them to reject […]
