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In a newly published book interview, Pope Francis reflects on Pope Benedict XVI's historic decision to resign, describing their deep relationship and occasional disagreements.
The consecrated women who cared for Pope Benedict XVI in his retirement gently stroked his hands before his body was carried on a red-covered stretcher to a van for its last journey to St. Peter's Basilica.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The consecrated women who cared for Pope Benedict XVI in his retirement gently stroked his hands before his body was carried on a red-covered stretcher to a van for its last journey to St. Peter's Basilica. The women, members of Memores Domini, along with Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the late pope's personal secretary, and Dr. Patrizio Polisca, Pope Benedict's physician, gathered around the body to pray the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary in the chapel of the Mater Ecclesia
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis' personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, died of complications due to COVID-19 on Saturday, a day before the pontiff announced he will receive the vaccine this week. Soccorsi, 78, was being treated for cancer on Dec. 26 at the Roman hospital Agostino Gemelli when he contracted COVID-19, according to a report by the Vatican Newspaper L'Osservatore Romano published Saturday (Jan. 9). In an interview with the Italian news channel Tg5 that aired on Sunday (Jan. 10), Francis announced that he will be taking the vaccine for COVID-19 next week. The Vatican has made the ...
Pope Francis looses personal doctor to COVID-19 Published The personal doctor of Pope Francis, Fabrizio Soccorsi, has died from coronavirus complications. The 78-year-old physician was earlier admitted at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for a previous health issue on December 26. He, however, contracted the virus but later passed away due to his health issues, the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reports. In August 2015, Pope Francis named him his personal physician after not renewing the term of papal doctor Patrizio Polisca, who was also head of the Vatican’s healthcare services. Re...