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Pope Francis blesses the faithful at the Jubilee of the Sick in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, on April 6, 2025, as his personal nurse, Massimo Strappetti, assists him in the wheelchair.

Pope Francis shows slight improvements during convalescence, Vatican says

Apr 8, 2025

By Kristina Millare

The Holy See Press Office told journalists during a morning press briefing on the pope’s health that the 88-year-old pontiff’s... Read more

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Pope Francis meets with inmates in a surprise visit to the Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Rome.

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Pope Francis speaks at the at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens on May 31, 2021, against the backdrop of an image of Our Lady, Undoer (or Untier) of Knots.

How Pope Francis spread devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

Pope Francis' body is processed into St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Pope Francis is welcomed to APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Sept. 7, 2024

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks on the U.S. opioid crisis at the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 23, 2025.

Federal Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias gets underway

Pilgrims line up inside the St. Peter’s Basilica to see Pope Francis lying in state.

Grief, sorrow in endless lines to bid farewell to Pope Francis

U.S. Vice-President JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, at the Vatican

JD Vance on Pope Francis: ‘He was a great Christian pastor’

Stephanie Gabaud receives a blessing from Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Sept. 24, 2015.

Americans who met Pope Francis in the United States share their reflections

Long lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the first day of viewing for Pope Francis on April 23, 2025, at the Vatican.

Catholics bid final farewell as Pope Francis lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica

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