VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ continued “gradual, slight improvement” is a sign that he is responding to the therapy he is receiving at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, his doctors said. The 88-year-old pope has remained without a fever “at all times,” and his gas exchanges — where oxygen is added to the blood and carbon…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Defending the life of the unborn should be a sign of being in solidarity “with all the discarded of the world,” Pope Francis said in a message sent from his hospital room to an Italian pro-life group. Italy’s Movement for Life, “in harmony with the whole church,” places at the center…
Reading 1 Isaiah 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD:Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;Tell my people their wickedness,and the house of Jacob their sins.They seek me day after day,and desire to know my ways,Like a nation that has done what is justand not abandoned the law of their God;They…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis continues to rest, pray, follow his doctors’ prescribed therapies and work a bit throughout the day, the Vatican press office said March 7. His overall clinical condition continues to be “stable” and “complex,” and his prognosis remains “guarded,” which means the pope is still not out of danger, the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a world where people are tempted to build walls to exclude others, Christians and Muslims are challenged to build, through dialogue, a shared future based on fraternity, leaders of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue said in a message to Muslims around the world. “We do not want simply to coexist;…
