Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and responsive” and full of good humor, despite his diagnosis of pneumonia and a complicated bronchial infection that has sidelined the 88-year-old pontiff for six days.
Pope Francis’ respiratory infection is presenting a “complex clinical picture” that will require further hospitalization, the Vatican said Monday, as concerns grew about the increasingly frail health of the 88-year-old pontiff.
In a letter sent to the St. Francis Borgia Parish Saturday, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich wrote that Monsignor Daniel Mayall was accused of abusing a minor about 30 years ago.
In a letter sent to the St. Francis Borgia Parish Saturday, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich wrote that Monsignor Daniel Mayall was accused of abusing a minor about 30 years ago.
Pope Francis read the newspapers and had breakfast on Sunday after a second night sleeping well at the hospital where the 88-year-old pope is being treated for a respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said.
Landmarks Illinois has awarded a matching grant to Hometown Christian Church for roof repairs for the midcentury modern structure.
On Feb. 11, 2013, during a routine morning meeting of Vatican cardinals, Pope Benedict XVI announced he would resign as pope effective Feb. 28; it was the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years.
Chicagoans rang in the Year of the Snake in the annual parade along South Wentworth Avenue.
The driving force for the tour is the idea that Black Americans and Muslims must unapologetically tell their own story, something their ancestors couldn’t do.
An decision by the Diocese of Joliet about church closures in Will County could force the closure of Park Forest’s history museum.