Convalescing pope says illness is universal as misses another Angelus

Top papal aide says Francis is resting, not taking meetings or visits

ROME – Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has said Pope Francis continues to rest after his return from the hospital, and is not receiving anyone or holding meetings or audiences of any kind. He also said that no definitive plans for Holy Week and Easter have yet been decided, but expects that cardinals could be tapped to preside over liturgical celebrations in the pope’s place. Speaking to journalists on the marg…

Convalescing pope says illness is universal as misses another Angelus

Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a "time of healing" as he missed his seventh consecutive Angelus prayer.

Pope Francis, who is recovering from a serious pneumonia that put his life at risk, absent from the seventh Angelus prayer in a row, urges Catholics on Sunday to celebrate Lent as a "time of healing", reports AFP, taken from news.ro.

Pope says healing 'in my soul and in my body'

Pope Francis said Sunday that he was experiencing Lent as a period of healing in his Angelus address, the text of which the Vatican released only in written form as he was again unable to read it out as he recovers from bilateral pneumonia. (ANSA)

Convalescing pope talks of healing as he misses another Angelus

Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a "time of healing" as he missed his seventh A

"Frailty and illness are experiences that we all share," Pope Francis writes in his Angelus prayer. The 88-year-old is recovering from severe pneumonia.