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Yesterday Tuesday evening, February 25, 2025, the Holy See press office announced that the Pope "underwent a scheduled X-ray in the evening to monitor his pneumonia, a potentially fatal infection of the lung tissue, and "the prognosis remains reserved." Today, Wednesday, February 25, 2025, the same source mentions that the Holy Father "Pope Francis spent a quiet night and is resting."

After the visit of the second personality of the Holy See (Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin) and the third personality (Msgr. Edgar Peña Parra), the Holy Father Pope Francis, although hospitalized, signed two decrees. The first is related to the canonization of two lay people (the Venezuelan doctor Cisneros and the Italian Bartolo Longo, called the "Apostle of the Rosary") and the second is related to the convocation of a consistory although the date is not known.

Yesterday, Monday, February 24, 2025, the Holy See press office announced that the Holy Father "the night went well, the Pope slept and is resting." Today, Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the information indicates that there is an improvement in his health: "The Sovereign rested well all night...; the clinical condition of the Holy Father, in its critical phase, has slightly improved." The report emphasized that the Holy Father has not had any other respiratory crises."

Yesterday, Sunday, February 23, 2025, the Holy See press office announced that the Holy Father "spent a quiet night and rested"; Today, Monday, February 24, 2025, the information indicates that despite his critical condition, "the night went well, the Pope slept and is resting."

Yesterday, Friday, February 21, 2025, the Holy See press office announced that the Holy Father is not out of danger "with regard to his health situation but he is not "in danger of death". Today, Saturday, February 22, only one piece of news delivered since this morning: "Pope Francis has rested well". We recall that the Pope is at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Friday, February 14 for pneumonia affecting both lungs.

Yesterday, Friday, February 21, 2025, the Holy See press office announced that the Holy Father is not out of danger "with regard to his health situation but he is not "in danger of death". Today, Saturday, February 22, only one piece of news delivered since this morning: "Pope Francis has rested well". We recall that the Pope is at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Friday, February 14 for pneumonia affecting both lungs.

In today's catechesis, Wednesday, February 19, 2025, Pope Francis continued the theme of Jesus our Hope. It is in the sixth meditation based on The visit of the Magi to the newborn king (Mt 2:11) which is a sub-theme of the first part of the Catechesis: The childhood of Jesus.

Given in Rome, at St. John Lateran, on September 30, 2019, the Apostolic Letter in the form of a Motu Proprio of the Supreme Pontiff Francis Aperuit Illis "He opened to them" (cf. Lk 24:45), by which the 3rd Sunday of the Year is instituted as the Sunday of the Word of God, celebrates its sixth Day this year 2025.

Share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 59th World Communications Day given in Rome, Saint John Lateran, on January 24, 2025 in Memory of Saint Francis de Sales.

On this Thursday, January 23, 2024, the Pope welcomed several groups in audience. We offer you three of his interventions from three different groups: The members of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network Foundation in the Hall of the Popes at 8:45 am, the leaders and staff of the General Inspectorate of Public Safety in the Consistory Hall at 9:15 am and the presidents and directors of the Federation Automobile Club of Italy in the Clementine Hall at 9:45 am

These beautiful words of the Pope concerning the retirement of religious sisters. They can also be applied to religious and priests.

It was in the Audience Hall that the Holy Father received the members of the Hilton Foundation. These in their seven objectives to improve the lives of disadvantaged people around the world, they also look to the religious.