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March 24, 2025 No Responses

Pope Francis Returns To Vatican

Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican on Sunday after more than five weeks in hospital with pneumonia, taking time before leaving to thank well-wishers for their support. Looking tired and worn, the 88-year-old Catholic leader waved to a crowd...

March 7, 2025 No Responses

Pope Releases Audio Message From Hospital

Pope Francis recorded and released an audio message on Thursday thanking those who have been praying for his recovery, his voice breathless as he nears three weeks in hospital with pneumonia. “I thank you from the bottom of my heart...

February 27, 2025 No Responses

Vatican: Pope Francis Showing ‘Slight Improvement’

Pope Francis showed further improvement on Wednesday, the Vatican said, although it cautioned that “the prognosis remains reserved” for the 88-year-old fighting pneumonia. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father in the last 24 hours have shown a furt...

October 30, 2024 No Responses

New Vatican Ambassador Presents Letter Of Introduction To Catholic Secretariat Of Nigeria

Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty, the new Apostolic Nuncio (representative of the Roman Pontiff) to Nigeria has visited the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria to present a letter of introduction (Lettera Commendatizia) to the President of the Catholic Bish...

October 27, 2024 No Responses

Catholic Church Acknowledges ‘Obstacles’ For Women

A Vatican assembly on the future of the Catholic Church on Saturday said that more should be done to help women overcome “obstacles” to taking a leadership roles within the Church. Since October 2, the Assembly of the Synod, comprising...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

New Vatican Ambassador Arrives Nigeria

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Michael F. Crotty, appointed on Tuesday, 16 July, 2024, by His Holiness, Pope Francis, has arrived in Nigeria at the Nunciature/Vatican-Holy See Embassy in Abuja.

January 6, 2022 No Responses

Pope Criticises Couples Who Don’t Want To Have Children

Pope Francis has criticised couples who choose not to have children. The 85-year-old told scores of the faithful at a general audience in the Vatican audience hall on Wednesday. “Too many couples don’t have children because they don’t want an...

July 5, 2021 No Responses

Pope ‘Responds Well’ To Surgery

Pope Francis has undergone successful surgery to treat a colon problem at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican says. The 84-year-old “responded well” to the treatment, which was performed under general anaesthesia, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.&n...