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Pope Francis has been hospitalised with pneumonia, in Rome. He "slept all night long" the Vatican said on March 4, after he suffered two breathing attacks on Monday, as the 88-year-old pontiff struggles to recover from pneumonia.
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Vatican City - Pope Francis starts a trip on Tuesday to two fragile African nations often forgotten by the world, where protracted conflicts have left millions of refugees and displaced people grappling with hunger.
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, will lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica until Thursday morning’s funeral, which Pope Francis will lead at St. Peter’s Square. Graphic shows former Pope Benedict, his papacy and resignation.
Vatican City, Holy See - Thousands of Catholics paid their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.
Vatican City - One of the most atypical chapters in modern Catholic history began on March 13, 2013, when a just-elected Pope Francis, appearing on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, offered a prayer for his still-living predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Joseph Ratzinger was the first pope to meet with victims of abuse and defrocked almost 400 priests in the last two years of his pontificate.
The Catholic Bishops challenge President Ramaphosa and his government to stop corruption and address the plight of the poor.
Pope Francis expressed his “deep pain for the tragic events” resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine during a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
When the nuns of Maredret Abbey in Belgium were struggling to scrape together the funds for badly needed renovation works, they turned to an occupation that for hundreds of years had been the preserve of monks: beer-brewing.
Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich, according to the findings of a damning independent report.
Pope Francis on Monday warned against attempts to cancel culture, decrying “one-track thinking” he said attempts to deny or rewrite history according to today's standards.