With pope in hospital, Vatican breaks century-old taboos to discuss his health
For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, the pope is a revered spiritual figure. Talking about his earthly health was profane.
Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...
COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.
On Wednesday, the Vatican said Pope Francis “had a tranquil night, woke up and had breakfast,” saying he was in good spirits.
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Hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of ...
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Gemelli, the pope's hospital dubbed 'Vatican III' by John Paul IIRome's Gemelli hospital, where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, is the favoured choice of pontiffs — to the point ...
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Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.
The exhibit responds to Saint John Paul II’s call for greater understanding and devotion to the Shroud of Turin, which many ...
Candles are left at the foot of a marble statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside of the Gemelli ... In a Feb. 22 statement, the Vatican said that Pope Francis’s overall clinical ...
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