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Doctors have changed treatment for Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection to tackle a “complex clinical situation” and he will remain in hospital for as long as necessary, the Vatican said on Monday. CBC | World News
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Pope Francis misses Vatican mass after spending 2nd night in hospital
Pope Francis, 88, read the newspapers and had breakfast on Sunday after a second night sleeping well at the hospital where he is being treated for a respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said. CBC | World News
Read More »Michael Czerny, Canadian cardinal at Vatican, blasts ‘ruthless’ plans to dismantle USAID
The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis’s point-man on development aid insisting that the Trump administration remember Christian principles about caring for others as it begins governing. CBC | World News
Read More »How Madonna left the Vatican fuming and was dropped by Pepsi after one controversial video
Though a brilliant songwriter and indisputably great pop star, Madonna had never been taken seriously as an artist and was deeply frustrated by it – till one video changed that Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
Read More »Pope Francis apologizes over use of homophobic slur, Vatican says
Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the 2SLGBTQ+ community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologizes to anyone offended by it, the Vatican said on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Pope Francis apologizes over use of gay slur, Vatican says
Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBTQ community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologizes to anyone offended by it, the Vatican said on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Vatican tries to calm bishops over blessings for same-sex couples
The Vatican on Thursday moved to calm Catholic bishops in some countries who have reacted negatively to last month’s approval of blessings for same-sex couples, telling them that the measure is not “heretical” or “blasphemous.” CBC | World News
Read More »Senior cardinal found guilty of embezzlement in Vatican corruption trial
A Vatican tribunal has convicted an Italian cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to five and a half years in prison after a corruption trial that exposed infighting and intrigue in the highest echelons of the Vatican. CBC | World News
Read More »Verdicts imminent in long-running Vatican corruption trial: What to know
After about five years of investigation and trial, a cardinal and nine other defendants will hear their verdicts on Saturday in a case that revolved mostly around the Vatican’s investment in a luxury building in London. CBC | World News
Read More »Vatican moves closer to permitting transgender Catholics to be baptized
Document posted Wednesday on Vatican website says a transgender person “may receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful” if it did not cause scandal or “disorientation” among other Catholics. CBC | World News
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