“I do not like to speak about the health of the pope. It’s important to be discreet, not to run after rumors and fake news,” the French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline said at a press conference today.
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Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, ‘alert and responsive,’ according to Italian PM
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni visited the pope today. In an official statement, she said that the pope was “alert and responsive” and “has not lost his legendary sense of humor.”
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Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican confirms
Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs according to the medical report from his doctors this evening, Feb. 18.
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Pope Francis appoints an Italian nun as the first woman governor of Vatican City
The announcement came as Francis was in his bed in the Gemelli Hospital being treated for an infection of the respiratory tract. A Vatican spokesman said “the Holy Father passed a good night and slept well.”
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Update: Pope Francis hospitalized for bronchitis
Cancellations announced by the Vatican suggest the pope will be hospitalized for several days.
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Pope Francis to U.S. Catholic bishops: Oppose mass deportations
The letter also stated that Francis disagrees with identifying the illegal status of migrants with criminality, and called on the bishops “to walk together” and defend the human dignity of the migrants in their country.
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New Vatican document on A.I. warns against ‘creating a substitute for God’
As the United States and China vie for primacy in the field of artificial intelligence, the Vatican today issued a wide-ranging reflection on “the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence.”
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Pope Francis assures Donald Trump of his prayers, but says mass deportations would be a ‘disgrace’
Pope Francis sent “cordial greetings” and “assurance of my prayers” to Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20, the day of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.
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As ceasefire begins, Pope Francis prays for reconciliation and peace between Israel and Gaza
Pope Francis expressed the hope that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, “would be respected immediately by all the parties [involved]” and would lead to “the release of all the hostages” and the rapid provision of urgently needed humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza.
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Cardinal ‘Ambo’ David: ‘We’re not Catholic if we believe that God wants to save only Catholics’
“I think the synod is Francis’ way of concretizing his challenge to get [us] out of self-referentiality in the church, that we don’t just stick to our churchy language and deal only with fellow Catholics,” Cardinal David tells ‘America.’