Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury has praised the "compassion and sense of service" of Britain's Princess of Wales after she revealed that she is undergoing treatment for cancer.
In a video message posted on her social media channels March 22, Kate, the
Pope Francis urged prideful people to recall one of Jesus' moral commandments to "never judge."
The sin of pride "ruins human relationships" and is an evil that "poisons the feeling of fraternity that instead should unite humanity," the pope wrote in the catechesis
Pope Francis paid a brief visit to Rome's Gemelli Isola Hospital Feb. 28 for "diagnostic tests," the Vatican press office said, without providing specifics.
After telling people at his general audience, "I'm still a bit sick," and having aides read most of his
Arriving in a wheelchair instead of walking with his cane, Pope Francis began his weekly general audience by telling visitors and pilgrims, "I'm still a bit sick," so an aide would read his prepared text.
The pope had canceled his appointments Feb. 24
Saying Pope Francis was continuing to experience "mild flu-like symptoms," the Vatican announced he had canceled his appointments again Feb. 26.
The 87-year-old pope had led the recitation of the Angelus prayer as usual Feb. 25 and seemed to have no difficulty speaking
Pope Francis declined to read his prepared remarks during an audience with Catholic communicators from France, saying he has bronchitis and "can't speak well."
"I would like to read the whole speech, but I have a problem; I have a bit of bronchitis,
Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton was released from the Cardiac Care Unit of Santo Spirito Hospital in Rome Jan. 9.
He is expected to return to New Jersey later in the week as planned with the priests of the diocese who had
Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton, 68, suffered a heart attack Jan. 4 while in Rome and was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had emergency surgery to open a completely closed artery, according to a Jan. 5 diocesan statement.
At the brief meeting with participants in a seminar on the ethics of health care management, the pope said he was suffering from a "bronchial condition. Thank God it was not pneumonia," but he said it was a very serious bronchial infection.
"I
Pope Francis is breathing easier after undergoing intravenous antibiotic treatment for pulmonary inflammation, the director of the Vatican press office said.
"The pope's condition is good and stable; he has no fever, and his respiratory situation is clearly improving," Matteo Bruni, the director,