Pope returns to Vatican after long hospitalization

Immediately before leaving Rome’s Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of treatment for breathing difficulties, double pneumonia and infections, Pope Francis greeted hundreds of people who gathered outside the hospital March 23.

Pope to return to Vatican, prescribed to continue rest, doctors announce

Pope Francis will return to his residence in the Vatican March 23 after spending 38 days in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for treatment of double pneumonia, his doctors announced.

Pope’s doctors report more improvement, but no date for his release

Pope Francis no longer needs the “noninvasive mechanical ventilation” he has used most nights since experiencing a breathing “crisis” Feb. 28, his doctors reported in a bulletin released by the Vatican press office March 19.

Pope approves next phase of synod, setting path to 2028 assembly

Pope Francis has approved the next phase of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, launching a three-year implementation process that will culminate in an ecclesial assembly at the Vatican in October 2028.

U.S. Holy Year pilgrims add pope to their list of prayer intentions

Hundreds of pilgrims from the United States gathered for Mass at the majestic Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica with two main intentions in mind: the health of Pope Francis and the needs of their loved ones at home.

Seeing others as God sees them

What contribution is the church uniquely qualified to offer the world today, in a moment of great conflict, polarization and division? Cardinal Robert McElroy addressed that and other questions in the homily he delivered at his March 11 installation as the eighth archbishop of Washington, D.C.: “The only effective witness that our church can give to the world is to view every conflict which surrounds us through the eyes of God.” Herein lies the hope the church can give to the world, Cardinal McElroy stated, to “truly help our society to see others more as God sees them: beloved children, brothers and sisters.”

Going back in time

I did something today I hadn’t done for maybe 20 years. I donated blood.

Pope Francis Global Academy, parish pray for pontiff’s health

Dozens of people gathered at St. Paschal Church and Pope Francis Global Academy in the early evening of March 13 to pray for Pope Francis on the 12th anniversary of his election.

Ministry highlights women altar servers at cathedral

When Cardinal Cupich first arrived in the Archdiocese of Chicago in 2014, he made a change that was immediately visible during services at Holy Name Cathedral: He instituted a ministry to recruit women altar servers.

‘We give people their life back’

Ten years ago, St. Mary of the Woods parishioners Bob Shea and the late Ed Kane were just getting Devices 4 the Disabled off the ground, picking up mobility devices like wheelchairs and walkers from families who no longer needed them and storing them in the basement of St. Philip Neri Church before lending them out to others who needed them.
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