Pope Francis gives shards of "True Cross" for King Charles' coronation
The shards will be incorporated into a new cross from Wales that will lead the coronation procession on May 6.
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The shards will be incorporated into a new cross from Wales that will lead the coronation procession on May 6.
The 86-year-old pope was discharged from a Rome hospital on Saturday after being administered antibiotics intravenously for bronchitis.
Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis.
Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Wednesday after complaining he was having trouble breathing. The 86-year-old pontiff slept well through the night and his condition was improving, the Vatican said. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports from outside the hospital in Rome.
The Vatican says the pontiff, 86, "rested well" and even "resumed work," as the faithful held a vigil for him outside a Rome hospital for the second time since 2021.
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.
Funeral service held for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI; some workers say they'd rather resign than go back to work full time.
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.
The Vatican has reopened the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee.
Thousands of mourners gathered at the Vatican to remember Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI before he was laid to rest. The retired pontiff was 95 years old. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joins "CBS News Mornings" with details.
Never in the history of the Catholic Church had a pope conducted a funeral ceremony for his predecessor, until now.
CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joins us from Rome to discuss the events in Vatican City on the final day of public viewing for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and details on the funeral being planned for Thursday.
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will lie in state for the next three days, allowing the faithful to pay their respects before Thursday's funeral. Pope Francis, who took the papacy in 2013, is now the only pope still alive. Chris Livesay speaks with a Vatican correspondent who says Francis will feel he has lost a confidant and grandfather figure.
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.
The German-born pontiff never wanted to lead the Catholic Church, and he may be best remembered for the way he departed the role.
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.
Pope Francis said those living in the heart of the Catholic Church "could easily fall into the temptation of thinking we are safe, better than others."
"The disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi is a black hole in the history of this country," the family's lawyer said.