July 9, 2021 Vatican: Pope to deliver Sunday blessing from Rome hospital Pope Francis will follow in the footsteps of St. John Paul II and deliver his weekly Sunday blessing and greeting from the Rome hospital where he is recovering from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said Friday.
July 8, 2021 Pope Francis had a fever 3 days after intestinal surgery Pope Francis temporarily had a fever three days after intestinal surgery, but routine tests and scans proved negative, the Vatican said Thursday.
July 7, 2021 Pope, recovering well, had 'severe' narrowing of his colon Pope Francis’ recovery from intestinal surgery continues to be "regular and satisfactory," the Vatican said Wednesday, as it revealed that final examinations showed he had suffered a "severe" narrowing of his colon.
July 6, 2021 EXPLAINER: Pope Francis, though hospitalized, is still in charge Nothing has changed in Francis' status, role or power since he was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, even while he underwent three hours of surgery Sunday to remove half of his colon.
July 5, 2021 Vatican: Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery Pope Francis was "in good, overall condition, alert" and breathing on his own Monday, the Vatican said a day after the pontiff underwent a three-hour operation that involved removing half of his colon.
July 5, 2021 Pope Francis doing 'well' after intestinal surgery, Vatican says Pope Francis was spending his first morning convalescing on Monday in a Rome hospital following intestinal surgery under general anesthesia and reportedly doing well.
July 4, 2021 Pope Francis goes to Rome hospital for intestinal surgery The Vatican says Pope Francis has gone to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of the large intestine.
June 28, 2021 Pope voices 'affection' for Americans as he meets Blinken Pope Francis on Monday voiced affection for the American people as he met at length with the U.S. secretary of state, the Vatican said, without indicating whether the two discussed the sharp divide among U.S. bishops over giving Holy Communion to politicians supporting abortion rights like President Joe Biden.
June 23, 2021 Vatican protests Italy's anti-homophobia law in rare public intervention: 'An unprecedented act' The Vatican took the rare step of voicing a public objection that a proposed law to criminalize homophobia in Italy would threaten "freedom of thought."
June 21, 2021 New York Times slammed for claiming Pope Francis 'liberal,' Catholic Church split by politics Critics slammed The New York Times for a piece claiming Pope Francis was "liberal" and that the Catholic Church was being further polarized by a conservative movement at odds with Vatican leadership.
