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Montevideo, February 20th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

Tag: Pope Francis

  • Monday, February 17th 2025 - 20:16 UTC

    Francis to remain hospitalized given his “complex” situation

    The Pope was found to have bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens in his lungs

    Argentine-born Pope Francis will remain hospitalized at Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic after physicians detected that his condition was more severe than originally thought when he was admitted last Friday. The former Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been diagnosed with a polymicrobial respiratory disease, for which he is being given antibiotics as various bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites were detected in his lungs. This condition has led to changes in his treatment regimen. At 88, Francis is the second oldest pope in history.

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  • Friday, February 14th 2025 - 14:06 UTC

    Pope Francis hospitalized with persistent bronchitis

    The Pope is likely to spend at least 5 days at the clinic

    Argentine-born Pope Francis was admitted Friday at Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic to receive medical attention for his persistent bronchitis.

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  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Pope halts homily amid shortness of breath

    The Argentine-born Pope has been suffering from bronchitis over the past few days

    Argentine-born Pope Francis was forced Sunday to interrupt his homily in St. Peter's Square during the Armed Forces Jubilee Sunday due to notorious breathing difficulties. “Now I apologize and ask the master to continue the reading due to difficulty in breathing,” said Jorge Mario Bergoglio before a crowd featuring numerous troops and police officers from various countries.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 21:36 UTC

    Argentine FM explains his absence at Vatican event

    The Pope told van Klaveren (L) and Beltramino that Argentina and Chile were an example to the world by seeking to solve their conflict through negotiations and avoiding war

    Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein explained why he skipped Monday's ceremony at the Vatican Palace with his Chilean counterpart Alberto van Klaveren and Pope Francis to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Peace and Friendship Treaty between the two South American nations setting a sovereignty dispute over the Beagle Channel.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 09:48 UTC

    Former Argentine FMs condemns Milei's decision regarding Papal invitation

    Argentina will be represented by Ambassador Beltramino

    Five former Argentine Foreign Ministers signed a declaration condemning their successor Gerardo Werthein's absence at Monday's ceremony with Pope Francis marking the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship which Chile, whose top diplomat Alberto van Klaveren will be attending the event.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 09:20 UTC

    Pope Francis wants South Atlantic to remain a region of peace

    Mayor Pérez held an interesting talk with the “Pope from the End of the World” regarding the South Atlantic's importance

    Pope Francis, the Argentine-born leader of the Catholic Church, urged Rio Grande Mayor Martín Pérez Wednesday in a private audience to defend with “much strength” the sovereignty of the South Atlantic and continue “working for peace” in that area, it was reported Thursday. The Pontiff highlighted the region's fundamental role in the “balance of the Common Home.”

  • Friday, June 14th 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    G7: Milei mingles with world leaders but no picture with Lula

    Milei spent quite a while next to Biden

    Argentine President Javier Milei began mingling with the elite of the global leadership Friday at the exclusive Italian resort of Borgo Egnazia where the G7 Summit is taking place. Although the South American country is not a member of the group pitting together the seven largest world economies, he attended as a guest at the invitation of host Prime Minister Georgia Meloni who welcomed him personally.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    The first millennial and “God's influencer” to be canonized by Pope Francis

    London born Carlo Acutis had been beatified - the first step towards sainthood - in 2020, after he was attributed with his first miracle

    BBC is reporting that a London-born teenager - whose proficiency at spreading the teachings of the Catholic church online led to him being called “God's influencer” - is set to become a saint. Carlo Acutis died in 2006, at the age of 15, meaning he would be the first millennial - a person born in the early 1980s to late 1990s - to be canonized.

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:05 UTC

    Ailing Pope critical of free market policies

    In Francis' view, the “god of the market” and “the goddess of profit” are “false deities.”

    The Buenos Aires-born Pope Francis was hospitalized Wednesday for a medical check-up after which he was discharged with a flu-like state as concerns over the 87-year-old Pontiff's health mounted after he asked an assistant to do the reading for him during a service in which he told the faithful that he was still not feeling well. He had also canceled Saturday and Monday's engagements.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei says he has built a positive bond with Pope Francis

    Milei and Francis met for over an hour, an unusually long encounter for the Pope with any foreign leader

    Argentine President Javier Milei, who once called Pope Francis “nefarious” and other epithets, admitted Monday that he had to “reconsider some positions” after meeting in person with the leader of the Catholic faith and fellow Buenos Aires native.

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