Vatican's solemn run-up to Easter opens with recovering Pope Francis improving but on the sidelines
Thursday, 17 April 2025 () Pope Francis is recovering from pneumonia. He delegates Holy Week services to cardinals. He is expected to make appearances. He made a surprise cameo at Palm Sunday Mass and visited St. Peter's Basilica and St. Mary Major basilica. He held an audience with medical staff and thanked them for their care. He composed meditations for the Via Crucis.
Pope Francis makes surprise visit to St Peter's Square following Palm Sunday Mass
Pope Francis made another surprise visit to St Peter's Square at the end of the Palm Sunday Mass, one day after..
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In a powerful and emotional moment, 88-year-old Pope Francis made his first public appearance since battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia. Just two weeks after being discharged from Gemelli..
A crowd has gathered outside the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis spent more than five weeks recovering from double pneumonia. The pontiff returned to the Vatican this morning after making..
Pope Francis, recovering from pneumonia, has delegated Holy Week's major liturgical services to cardinals. Despite his absence from the Holy Thursday Mass,... IndiaTimes
Thursday, 17 April 2025 ()
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