Last of three parts WE conclude the series of excerpts from "Mga Ibong Mandaragit," the novel of National Artist Amado V.

He also worked for two popes, Clement VIII and Paul V. Francis contrasted the austere ... Today, the Salesians operate in over 130 countries. In 1923, Pope Pius XI declared Saint Francis de ...

The Vatican says it is unclear how long Pope Francis will stay in hospital and he will not lead Sunday’s Angelus prayer after he was admitted on Friday with a respiratory tract infection.

Pope Francis, who was admitted to hospital on Friday, will miss his usual public appearance and weekly prayer with pilgrims on Sunday, the Vatican has said. Doctors have prescribed "absolute rest ...

With the news this morning of Pope Francis being in the hospital, we invite all of our readers to pray for the Holy Father. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday to ...

ROME - Pope Francis, who is receiving treatment for ... while a senior cardinal led a prayer for his recovery. Francis, 88, will not appear in public on Sunday to deliver his usual weekly prayer ...

Yet it has not always been this way. It was only with Pope Pius IX in the mid-19th century that the papacy would become so visible. He was the first to have his picture widely displayed in ...

Francis has continued to ask for prayers while in the hospital. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has visited Pope Francis at Gemelli Hospital, where he is receiving treatment for double ...

It also said the pope had received Communion, a central part of Catholic worship, and had then "alternated his rest between prayer and reading". Gemelli hospital, Rome's largest, has a special ...

Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic. The Israeli consul, Pinchas E.