The severe breathing crisis that Francis experienced on Feb. 22 has been overcome. The pope is not sedated. He is seated in an armchair and eating normally.

Pope Francis has had a severe breathing crisis today that required giving him high-flow oxygen and blood transfusions.

Is the pope out of danger? No. Is he in danger of death right now? Also no.

The White House began an effort to restore relations with Russia as President Trump repeats Russia’s narrative and talking points about the origins of the war on Ukraine.

“Sugarcane” is, surprisingly, a story of healing, although the healing does not come from the church or its ministers.

“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.

The Trump administration's recent attacks on the resources and structures that serve the poor and on the religious institutions that serve the most vulnerable are unprecedented in their scale, pace and human impact.

A Homily for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

Doctors say pneumonia in anyone can be serious, but for someone of the pope’s age, it’s potentially life-threatening.

“The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status.”