Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Friday morning, according to the Vatican.
Jesuit priest Father Marko Rupnik has been expelled from the Jesuits due to a “stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience.”
Pope Francis has asked Archbishop Georg Gänswein to return to Germany “for the time being.”
The first joint statement in seven years mentioned the pope’s hope for a synodal Church could eventually bring the Churches closer together.
The “Spei Satelles” mission launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 12.
The activists superglued their hands to the marble base holding Laocoön and His Sons, an ancient marble sculpture, on Aug. 18, 2022.
Pope Francis sent a message to the #NotAlone event, which centered on the signing of a document on human fraternity drafted by Nobel Peace winners.
A Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis would pray the Angelus privately at noon in his hospital room.
“The medical team reports that the clinical picture is steadily improving and the postoperative progress is normal.”
Pope Francis is awake after reacting well to both the surgery and general anesthetic, an Italian surgeon said Wednesday afternoon.
Pope Francis’ audiences have been canceled until June 18, an Italian Catholic diocese said Wednesday, citing the Prefecture of the Papal Household.
One of Pope Francis’ last gestures before undergoing abdominal surgery was to pray before a relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux on Wednesday.
The 86-year-old pope has faced several painful medical conditions over the last few years.
The operation was planned by the pope’s medical team in recent days after it became necessary due to a hernia that was causing worsening symptoms.
Pope Francis’ schedule for his trip to Portugal for World Youth Day 2023 was published by the Vatican on Tuesday.
Media reports said Pope Francis visited a clinic for the elderly connected to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
The original bowling alley had been a gift from St. John XXIII to the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
The Vatican is looking into the transfer of $17 million from the U.S. arm of a Church mission to an investment fund, according to the Associated Press.
The Vatican did not indicate whether it carried out its own investigation into the accusations against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has denied the claims.
Pope Francis has backed a project aimed at enhancing interdisciplinary research at Catholic universities in the sphere of family, marriage, and childbearing.