More than 24 hours after he entered the hospital, Pope Francis’ doctors reported a “marked improvement” in his condition, which they attributed to treatment with intravenous antibiotics.
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s senior Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
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Vatican: Pope Francis’ condition improving after resting overnight in hospital
Pope Francis has asked the doctors not to give public reports on his health condition, as he does not want to dramatize his state of health.
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Update: Pope Francis will remain in hospital for several days with respiratory infection
Pope Francis has “a respiratory infection that requires some days of appropriate medical therapy in hospital,” the Vatican press office said in a statement.
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Cardinal Müller calls blessing of homosexual couples ‘blasphemy’
In a new interview, Cardinal Gerhard Müller said Pope Francis should correct or punish German bishops for approving “proposals directly against the Catholic faith,” including blessings for homosexual couples.
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Pope Francis tells bishops of Latin America, where new sex abuse protections aren’t in place, to make it a priority
Pope Francis told the Latin American church leaders, “Anyone who lessens the impact of this history or minimizes the current danger dishonors those who have suffered so much and deceives those they claim to serve.”
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Cardinal McElroy on how Pope Francis has changed the church—and why some U.S. bishops are opposed to it
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ 10 years at the Vatican, Cardinal Robert McElroy says that “there has been a fundamental shift in perspective, of cultures and sometimes of priorities within the life of the church.”
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Asked if Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine, Pope Francis doesn’t say no
Pope Francis comments on whether Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine.
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Pope Francis says ‘ideology of gender’ is ‘dangerous’ and that ‘everyone’ will vote in the Synod, in new interview with La Nacion
The pope also talked about the resistance to his papacy, discussed the increasing poverty in his homeland, revealed he has no plans to write a new encyclical, and confirmed he would like to visit Argentina, his homeland.
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Pope Francis renews Council of Cardinal Advisors, includes Boston’s Seán O’Malley
Pope Francis has renewed the Council of Cardinal Advisors that he first established soon after his election on March 13, 2013, to assist him in the governance of the universal church.
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Pope Francis said women are the future of South Sudan. Meet 3 who are building peace today.
“If the women of South Sudan are given an opportunity to develop, to have space to be productive, South Sudan will be transformed.”