Pope Francis said ... a traditional Catholic prayer, recited on Sundays, that recalls the Annunciation of the Incarnation - the day the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would give birth ...

Security guards told the Associated Press that Francis was heading to St. Mary Major ... the pope shared a recorded message in early March thanking people for their prayers for his recovery.

The Vatican’s clinical communication about the pope’s health paradoxically reveals little about Francis’ daily life. Every week, La Croix’s permanent special correspondent at the Vatican gives you a ...

Francis’ motorcade from Gemelli hospital overshot the Vatican initially and took a detour across town to stop at St. Mary Major basilica, where the pope ... that all our prayers, all the ...

the pope went to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where he offered flowers to be placed before the icon of the Virgin Mary Salus Populi Romani. The basilica holds significance to Francis, who ...

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