Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Hollywood’s ultimate femme fatale, actress Sharon Stone, has spoken up once again regarding the Catholic Church’s position on homosexuality, this time urging the Vatican Curia to listen to what, in her view, is Pope Francis’ push for the inclusion of LGBTQ Catholics. “On gay marriage, on…

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday announced a grueling itinerary for Pope Francis’ first post-surgery foreign trip, scheduling around-the-clock encounters and hopscotching flights for his Sept. 12-15 visit to Hungary and Slovakia. Francis, 84, had already confessed that during his last trip, to Iraq in March, he felt the…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ate breakfast, read the newspapers and took a walk Tuesday as he continued recovering from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said. A statement from the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said tests performed following the pontiff’s Sunday surgery to remove half of his colon yielded “good” and…

Pope Francis was alert and in good condition the day after undergoing intestinal surgery.  He had a three-hour operation on Sunday that involved removing half of his colon, the AP reported. The Vatican expects him to be hospitalized for about seven days.  Loading Something is loading. Pope Francis is "in…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 5 Jul 2021 10:00PM · Pope Francis, 84, is recovering in hospital today from surgery for an inflamed large colon, a potentially painful condition that could see him bed-bound for several days. – EPA pic, July 5, 2021. POPE Francis, 84, was recovering in hospital…

Pope Francis is recovering well after undergoing surgery to treat a colon problem at hospital in Rome, the Vatican has said. The 84-year-old was said to be ‘in good condition, alert and breathing on his own’ a day after the three-hour operation which involved removing half his colon. It is…

Pope Francis is doing well following intestinal surgery, the Vatican said on Sunday after the 84-year-old pontiff was hospitalised for the first time since his election in 2013. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that the pontiff “responded well" to the surgery, which was done under general aesthesia and…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was “in good, overall condition, alert" and breathing on his own Monday, the Vatican said a day after the pontiff underwent a three-hour operation that involved removing half of his colon. ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was “in good, overall condition, alert" and breathing on…

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery Sunday evening at a Rome hospital, the Vatican said, without giving much detail about the pontiff’s condition. In a statement late Sunday, a Holy See spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the 84-year-old Francis had general anesthesia during the surgery necessitated by a…

Pope Francis, 84, was to undergo surgery on Sunday in Rome for an inflammation of the large colon, a Vatican statement said. The pontiff was admitted to the Gemelli University Hospital "for a scheduled surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon," it said. At issue was a potentially painful…