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  Pope Francis' first photo released by Vatican since hospitalisation, seen attending Mass in Chapel

  World | March 17, 2025 6:42 IST

  In the image, the 88-year-old Pope is seen wearing a stole, a vestment worn while concelebrating Mass. Pope Francis has been battling pneumonia at the hospital in Rome.

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  Pope shows 'slight improvement', say doctors as Vatican marks another Holy Year event without him

  World | March 09, 2025 16:56 IST

  For the fourth Sunday in a row, the pope will not appear for his weekly noon blessing, though the Vatican planned to distribute the text he would have delivered if he were well enough.

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  Pope Francis in critical condition amid prolonged respiratory crisis, sepsis threat loons

  World | February 23, 2025 6:56 IST

  Pope Francis has been hospitalised for over a week after he suffered pneumonia. His condition is critical as, according to the Vatican, doctors have said that the main threat facing Francis would be the onset of sepsis.

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  Pope Francis not out of danger but his condition isn't life-threatening, says doctor

  World | February 22, 2025 7:43 IST

  The 88-year-old Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14 after a case of bronchitis worsened, doctors have suggested 'absolute rest' for him.

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  Pope Francis to be hospitalised for medical examinations for bronchitis treatment: Vatican

  World | February 14, 2025 16:13 IST

  The 88-year-old pope will be hospitalised at Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic at the end of Friday's daily audiences to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests.

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  Pope Francis falls and hurts his arm, says Vatican weeks after chin injury on another trip

  World | January 16, 2025 22:16 IST

  The recent injury comes weeks after the 88-year-old Pope hurt his chin on his nightstand in an apparent fall on December 7, the Vatican has said in a statement.

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  Pope Francis names first woman to head major Vatican office | Know who is Sister Simona Brambilla

  World | January 06, 2025 18:30 IST

  Brambilla's appointment is the latest move by Francis to show by example how women can take leadership roles within the Catholic hierarchy, albeit without allowing them to be ordained as priests.

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  Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap for Vatican to escape AI misuse

  Technology | June 29, 2023 13:21 IST

  Pope Francis and Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics collaborate to establish the Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture (ITEC), releasing a handbook titled 'Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap'.

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  Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery; to stay in hospital for several days

  World | June 07, 2023 17:35 IST

  The pope is undergoing what the Vatican said was a “laparotomy and abdominal wall plastic surgery with prosthesis” to treat a “recurrent, painful and worsening” constriction of the intestine. A laparotomy is open abdominal surgery. It can help a surgeon both diagnose and treat issues. The statement

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  Vatican: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition ‘serious’

  World | December 29, 2022 22:00 IST

  A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis asked for continued prayers “to accompany him in these difficult hours.”

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  Vatican law criminalises abuse of adults by priests, laity

  World | June 01, 2021 18:35 IST

  The law recognises that adults, too, can be victimised by priests who abuse their authority over them, and said that laypeople in church offices, such as school principals or parish economists, can be punished for abusing minors as well as adults

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  Vatican bars gay union blessing, says God ‘can’t bless sin’

  World | March 15, 2021 18:43 IST

  ​The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.”  

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  Pope Francis, close aides do not have coronavirus, says Vatican

  World | March 29, 2020 12:00 IST

  Pope Francis and his close aides do not have coronavirus, the Vatican has said. Pope and his aides were tested after a person in the building tested positive for coronavirus.

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  Restricting Vatican’s control over bishop selection does not breach religious freedom: China

  World | April 03, 2018 14:33 IST

  Chen Zongrong, an official overseeing religious affairs, said Beijing would not allow “foreign forces” to govern the country’s faith groups.

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  Australian police charge Pope Francis aide with sexual offences, Vatican stunned

  World | June 29, 2017 9:02 IST

  Cardinal George Pell is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the church’s long-running sexual abuse scandal.

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  Mother Teresa canonisation: Process of how Vatican recognises saints

  World | September 04, 2016 14:14 IST

  Around one lakh people on Sunday thronged to St. Peter's Square for the canonization of Mother Teresa, affectionately called by many as saint of the gutters. Here is the process of awarding sainthood.

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  Mother Teresa to be elevated to sainthood next year: Vatican

  India | December 18, 2015 16:11 IST

  Kolkata: Mother Teresa will be elevated to sainthood after the Church has recognised a second miracle of the nun, the Missionaries of Charity said today."We have now received an official confirmation from Vatican that the

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  Vatican: Irish gay marriage vote a 'defeat for humanity'

  World | May 27, 2015 18:33 IST

  Vatican City:  The Vatican's secretary of state has called the Irish vote to legalize gay marriage a "defeat for humanity," evidence of the soul-searching going on in Catholic circles after the predominantly Roman Catholic country

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  Vatican recognizes state of Palestine in new treaty

  World | May 14, 2015 7:44 IST

  Vatican City: The Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty finalized Wednesday, immediately sparking Israeli ire and accusations that the move hurt peace prospects.The treaty, which concerns the activities of the

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  Vatican presses US on Guantanamo inmates' treatment

  World | December 16, 2014 9:27 IST

  Vatican City: The Vatican today asked the US to find an "adequate humanitarian solution" for prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, a reflection of Pope Francis' vocal concern that prisoners be treated with