Pope Francis to be hospitalized for several days, Vatican says
A Vatican spokesman said the pope does not have COVID-19, but requires several days of therapy.
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A Vatican spokesman said the pope does not have COVID-19, but requires several days of therapy.
Photos appearing to show the 86-year-old pontiff wrapped up in a stylish white coat quickly went viral. Chock it up to a brave, hard-to-trust new world.
The law expands protections to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults and not just children can be victims of abuse when they are unable to freely consent.
Monday will mark 10 years since Pope Francis was elected pope. Chris Livesay takes a look at the decade of Pope Francis' papacy.
"The criminalization of homosexuality is a problem that cannot be ignored," the Pope said on Sunday.
Pope Francis has been hearing stories of suffering from people caught up in years of warfare. And before the trip, the pontiff discussed a more progressive view of sexual orientation that puts him in opposition to some of his own bishops - and much of African law. Chris Livesay reports.
Pope Francis arrived in South Sudan on Friday after his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. South Sudan has faced a decade of civil war and years of poverty. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports from Juba, South Sudan, with the latest on the pope's mission.
Pope Francis is decrying the expanding use of guns amid a wave of gun violence in the U.S. The pope told the Associated Press on Tuesday that "instead of making the effort to help us live," people are making "the effort to help us kill." CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joined Errol Barnett and Lana Zak from Rome to discuss the AP interview and what the pope had to say about homosexuality and China.
Pope Francis declared in a new interview that homosexuality is not a crime and that laws against it are "unjust." The 86-year-old leader of the Catholic Church said homosexual acts are a sin, but emphasized that it's also a sin to lack charity with one another.
The Catholic leader spoke about laws discriminating against LGBTQ people, his health and his predecessor in a wide-ranging interview with the AP.
Even after his acquittal on sex abuse charges in Australia, Pell's reputation remained tarnished by the scandal and his handling of other priests who abused children.
University of Birmingham theology professor Candida Moss joins CBS News to discuss Pope Benedict's legacy and what it means for the future of the Vatican as he is laid to rest today.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was buried today at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. His successor, Pope Francis, led the procession. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Seth Doane joins the stream from Rome to discuss.
Never in the history of the Catholic Church had a pope conducted a funeral ceremony for his predecessor, until now.
Tens of thousands of mourners in Vatican City were paying their respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI. U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly joined CBS News to discuss the pope emeritus and the future of the church.
He was known as a traditionalist — "God's rottweiler" — for fiercely adhering to church doctrine. But Benedict's papacy was a papacy of firsts.
Pope Francis has marked the New Year by presiding over Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and praying for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a day after his retired predecessor's death.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died just days after the Vatican announced the 95-year-old was in ill health. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay looks back at his life and CBS News senior foreign correspondent Seth Doane discusses the late pontiff's legacy.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is remembered for breaking several Catholic Church traditions, including becoming the first sitting pontiff to retire from the position in nearly 600 years. CBS News anchor Lana Zak spoke with Candida Moss, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, about the late pope's legacy.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is conscious, lucid and stable, according to the Vatican Thursday. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reported from Rome with the latest on Benedict's condition.
The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid and stable, but his condition remains grave. Pope Francis said earlier this week that the retired pope was "very sick" and asked for prayers.
Pope Francis asked people to keep praying for his predecessor "in these difficult hours."
The Vatican has confirmed that former Pope Benedict is very ill, saying that his health has "worsened in the last hours." CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joined Debra Alfarone from the Vatican with more.
Benedict is 95. In 2013, he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries, and he has withdrawn almost entirely from public view.
Pope Francis used his Christmas message to lament what he called the "icy winds of war." Speaking to the faithful in St. Peter's square, the pontiff pleaded for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine.