The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, ...

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis personally thanked the health care workers and medical staff who cared for him in Rome's Gemelli hospital for 38 days while he recovered from respiratory infections.

The 88-year-old Holy Father greeted approximately 70 men and women representing leadership and staff from the hospital.

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) FILE - Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...

A few months before he was hospitalized, Pope Francis sat in the grand Paul VI Audience Hall – a sweeping auditorium in the ...

Pope Francis held an audience today in the Vatican with staff from the Gemelli where he was hospitalized. The Pontiff is benefiting from respiratory gymnastics and physiotherapy. Inflation in ...

The Vatican reported “bilateral, regional, and international issues were also discussed” during the audience with “particular reference to the prospects for an end to the war in Ukraine.” ...