This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell tells host Colleen Dulle what he has heard from sources who have spoken to the pope in recent days.
Health and Wellness
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to leave hospital tomorrow and return to Vatican
Pope Francis’ recovery from an operation for an incisional hernia on June 7 has “progressed in a regular way,” and he will be discharged from hospital and return to the Vatican on Friday morning, June 16.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis is working, resting and praying as he continues to recover from surgery
The pope has been sleeping well at night and his recovery was going smoothly, according to daily updates from Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Tony winner ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ is the ‘Ted Lasso’ of Broadway
“Kimberly Akimbo” is about two young people who have an incredibly hopeful perspective on life. But it’s also quietly about childhood trauma.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Surgeon: Pope Francis will not recite the Angelus on Sunday
Pope Francis’ recovery from the operation for an incisional hernia is “progressing well,” but on the advice of his doctors, he will not recite the midday Angelus in public from Gemelli Hospital on Sunday.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis thanks children for the love and drawings they have given him while he recovers from surgery
Rome’s Gemelli hospital shared photographs of some drawings, cards and crafts that children and young adults recovering in its pediatric oncology ward had sent to Pope Francis during his recovery.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
‘Do not be afraid, we are with you!’: Four kids in children’s hospital send Pope Francis a get-well card
Four children from Bambino Gesú Children’s Hospital in Rome sent a colorful drawing to the pope, depicting him in a hospital bed, with the message, “Do not be afraid, we are with you!”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis returned to Gemelli Hospital today for a scheduled check-up
Because his check-up was on Tuesday, a day on which he normally does not have any audiences in the Vatican, it seems reasonable to say the visit was scheduled in advance.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: How one bishop’s experience of suicide loss led him to start a mental health ministry
Bishop John Dolan on how the church can better support those struggling with mental health issues.
Posted inFaith, News
Holy Smoke: A history of tobacco and the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church played a major role in bringing tobacco to Italy, which is still the number one producer of raw tobacco in the European Union today.