Vatican's solemn run-up to Easter opens with recovering Pope Francis improving but on the sidelines
Thursday, 17 April 2025 () Pope Francis is recovering from pneumonia. He delegates Holy Week services to cardinals. He is expected to make appearances. He made a surprise cameo at Palm Sunday Mass and visited St. Peter's Basilica and St. Mary Major basilica. He held an audience with medical staff and thanked them for their care. He composed meditations for the Via Crucis.
Controversial Cardinal Becciu won't join conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor
The cardinal, who was convicted of embezzlement in 2023 by a Vatican court of first instance, decided not to..
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John Oliver opening up about the death of Pope Francis and connecting it to J.D. Vance. Francis died Monday at age 88 after a stroke put him into a coma and led to heart failure. He also had suffered..
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Red-robed cardinals arrive for the fifth general congregation in the Vatican since the death of Pope Francis, in which they are expected to decide on the date of the conclave to elect the new Pope...
Pope Francis, recovering from pneumonia, has delegated Holy Week's major liturgical services to cardinals. Despite his absence from the Holy Thursday Mass,... IndiaTimes
Thursday, 17 April 2025 ()
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