Pope Francis

Pope Francis will skip Sunday’s customary public prayer and blessing, on doctor's advice. The 86-year-old underwent a three-hour-long operation on Wednesday, using general anesthesia. Doctors removed increasingly painful scarring that resulted from previous abdominal surgeries as well as repaired a hernia in the abdominal wall, with the insertion of a…

MANILA, Philippines – Thirty Nobel Peace Prize laureates, including Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa, joined Pope Francis in appealing for closer brotherhood and sisterhood to prevent war, sexual violence, forced migration, and the manipulation of artificial intelligence (AI). The Pope, who was supposed to physically join the Nobel laureates…

World Pope Francis, "wisely" following doctors' advice, remains in hospital and will skip Sunday's customary public blessing to allow himself to better heal after abdominal surgery earlier this week, his surgeon told reporters. Pontiff's recovery from abdominal surgery proceeding in 'absolutely normal' manner, surgeon saysThomson Reuters · Posted: Jun 10,…

Pope Francis, following doctors’ advice, will skip Sunday’s customary public blessing to allow him to better heal after abdominal surgery earlier this week, his surgeon said. Sergio Alfieri, who operated on the pontiff, also told reporters at Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome that blood and imaging tests indicate that the 86-year-old…

ROME - Pope Francis' overall condition is progressively improving and his post-surgical recovery is normal, allowing him to get out of bed, be detached from intravenous tubes and resume handling some Church work from his hospital armchair on Friday (June 9). Two statements from the Vatican, one in the early…

Alamy Stock Photo File image of Pope Francis. # Vatican Pope Francis 'progressively improving and working from an armchair’ after abdominal operation Francis is expected to remain at Gemelli hospital in Rome for several days. POPE FRANCIS IS “progressively improving” and sitting in an armchair working after surgery to remove…

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Posted by African Examiner Latest News, World News Friday, June 9th, 2023  (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis is recovering well from a hernia operation and routine post-surgery examinations showed good results, Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni announced on Thursday. The head of the Catholic Church underwent three hours of open…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Sent on a papal mission for peace, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi returned from Kyiv on Tuesday amid mixed reactions from the champions and skeptics of Pope Francis’ efforts to mediate in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Pope Francis sent Zuppi, who heads the Italian Bishops’ Conference and has…

Pope Francis Pope Francis is recovering well from a hernia operation and routine post-surgery examinations showed good results, Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni announced on Thursday. The head of the Catholic Church underwent three hours of open abdominal surgery under general anaesthetic at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Wednesday. The operation…