Interreligious leaders pray for Pope Francis’s health at the Mahabodhi Buddhist temple, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 25, 2025. (Credit: Rev Jude Chryshantha, National Director, Social ...

It is important to be cautious and avoid oversimplifying or misleading people in our analysis,” she told Crux. She explained that the recent massacre is likely to result from “a mixed of ...

Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen ROME – After experiencing a major downturn in his ...

Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, right, and Pope Francis’s personal doctor, Luigi Carboni, speak to journalists on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. (Credit ...

Until this came out, the crux of the controversy was allegations of high-level political interference in contracts for private surgery companies, as well as the contract for a Tylenol substitute.

Sources close to the pope have confirmed to Crux that Pope Francis while in the hospital has received the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, which they said is normal under the circumstances ...

Afghan refugees hold placards during a meeting to discuss their situation after President Donald Trump paused U.S. refugee programs, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 24, 2025. (Credit: Anjum Naveed/AP ...

Pope Francis talks on the phone during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on May 17, 2023. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen ROME – Despite his ongoing ...

A marble statue of the late Pope John Paul II and the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Feb. 15, 2025. (Credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia.) Listen ROME – After two days of resting and diagno ...

President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast at Washington Hilton, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.) Listen CAPE TOWN, South Africa – More than 150 ...