As Pope Francis prepared to spend the 12th anniversary of his election at Rome's Gemelli hospital, people at the Vatican and ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Vatican No. 2 led faithful in a somber night-time prayer on Monday as Pope Francis continued to battle ...

Vatican announces nightly prayers in St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis' health Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is to lead the first prayer on Monday evening. Rome: The Vatican on Monday ...

The Vatican on Monday (February 24, 2025) announced the start of night time prayers for the ... close to death,” Card. Dolan said in his homily from the pulpit of St. Patrick’s Cathedral ...

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for ... As Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s No. 2, led prayers for 45 minutes on a chilly, rainy night Monday ...

It was issued shortly before the Vatican's No. 2 led the faithful in a somber night-time recitation of the Rosary prayer in St. Peter's Square that evoked the vigils when St. John Paul II was dying.

The update comes after the Vatican announced earlier in the day that daily evening prayers for the health of Pope Francis will be held at St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro ...