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Hoang Phuc Nguyen, a Vietnamese pilgrim, prays for Pope Francis at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises
By NICOLE WINFIELD AND TRISHA THOMAS - Associated Press
Tue,02/25/25-1:44AM , 157 Reads
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and the Vatican announced some major governing decisions that suggest he is getting essential work done and looking ahead.
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Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work, while still critical, Vatican says
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Mon,02/24/25-1:33AM , 141 Reads
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed some work, the Vatican said, including calling a parish in Gaza City that he has kept in touch with since the war there began.
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Carla Segovia, a transgender woman from Argentina, walks out of the Beata Vergine Immacolata parish church in Torvaianica, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of trans women has found help and hope through a remarkable friendship with the pontiff forged during the darkest times of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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For this group of trans women, the pope and his message of inclusivity are a welcome change
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Sat,11/18/23-11:10PM , 150 Reads
TORVAIANICA, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of trans women has found help and hope th
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Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference Communication Officer Sheila Pires poses for a portrait at The Vatican, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Pires has been invited to take part in the next synod of bishops starting Oct. 4. “I think the church has just come to a point of realization that the church belongs to all of us, to all the baptized,” she says. Of the 365 voting members, only 54 are women and organizers insist the aim is to reach a consensus, not tally votes like a parliament. But the voting reform is nevertheless significant, tangible evidence of Francis’ vision of the Catholic Church as being more about its flock than its shepherds. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

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Women's voices and votes loom large as pope is set to open a Vatican meeting on church's future
By NICOLE WINFIELD AND TRISHA THOMAS - Associated Press
Sun,10/01/23-11:07PM , 61 Reads
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women's organization to be “brave” in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church.
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