March 2025 marked 100 years since the dedication of what came to be known as the Salt Lake Mission Home, a predecessor to what became missionary training centers around the world for The Church of ...

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Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. Credit: AP/Andrew Medichini ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’s condition continued to improve Wednesday and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night, the Vatican said. The 88-year ...

Nuns pray the rosary in St. Peter ... as he sat in his wheelchair before the chapel altar in prayer without any sign of nasal tubes. The photo, showing Francis wearing a Lenten purple stole ...

It was at that moment that Francis was photographed on Sunday, from behind, as he sat in his wheelchair before the chapel altar in prayer without any sign of nasal tubes. The photo, showing ...

A photo released by the Vatican on Sunday showed Pope Francis ... Wearing a white cassock and purple stole, Francis was praying in front of the chapel's altar after having just finished celebrating ...

The photo shows the bare-headed pope seated in a wheelchair, wearing a white robe and purple shawl, in front of a simple altar and crucifix on the wall. Taken from behind Francis’ right side ...

The Vatican has released the first image of Pope Francis in hospital since he began treatment for double pneumonia, in which the 88-year-old pontiff appeared to be breathing unaided.