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Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope offers prayers for quake-stricken Southeast Asia from convalescence in Vatican

Pope Francis offered prayers to the victims of a powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia on the sixth day of his convalescence in the Vatican after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia.

A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, June 28, 2024, in Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Jesuits make broad offer of reparations to women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist

From left, SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, activists Sarah Pearson, Peter Isely and president Shaun Dougherty talk to reporters during a press conference, in Rome, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Catholic Church sex abuse survivors launch database vetting cardinals’ records

King Charles III’s audience with Pope Francis postponed by mutual agreement on medical advice

Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Francis’ doctors considered stopping treatment to ‘let him go’ after serious breathing crisis

Catholic Church to canonize first millennial saint as pilgrims flock to teen’s shrine

Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest – Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, who will be canonized in a month on April 27. (AP Video: Chris Warde-Jones)

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Hallelujah gelato makes its debut in Rome

AP explains: Pope Francis makes brief public appearance after weeks in hospital and returns to Vatican

“He’s a really good fighter": Faithful celebrate Pope Francis’s return from hospital

Pope Francis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws that criminalize homosexuality or discriminate against the LGBTQ community, and he himself referred to homosexuality in terms of "sin." But he attributed attitudes to culture backgrounds, and said bishops in particular need to undergo a process of change to recognize the dignity of everyone. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The AP Interview: Pope says homosexuality not a crime

Pope Francis has criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are.

Pope Francis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. According to the pope, the arms industry has brought untold death and destruction to the world. “The world is obsessed with weapons,” he said. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The AP Interview takeaways: Pope decries expanding gun use

Pope Francis pauses during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Francis acknowledged the Catholic Church still had a long way to go to deal with the problem, saying transparency was still lacking about how cases are resolved and that the church must speak out more about the abuse of “vulnerable adults.” (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope opens up on sex abuse cases, says church must do more

Pope Francis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Pope Francis on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, said there's a risk that what could be a trailblazing reform process in the German church could become "ideological." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope warns German church reform process elitist, ideological

Pope Francis pauses during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Pope Francis said he hasn't even considered issuing norms to regulate future papal resignations and says he plans to continue on for as long as he can as bishop of Rome, despite a wave of attacks against him by some top-ranked cardinals and bishops. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope discusses his health, his critics and future of papacy

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The day before the European Day of the artisanal ice cream, pilgrims and tourists are offered free jubilee-inspired Hallelujah ice cream as they arrive at the Vatican, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Hallelujah! A day to celebrate the Pope’s release from the hospital — and his beloved gelato

Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope Francis is back home after a 5-week hospital stay for life-threatening double pneumonia

Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Timeline of Pope Francis’ longest hospital stay as he returns home to Vatican

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope Francis to be released from hospital Sunday after 5 weeks fighting life-threatening pneumonia

In this May 12, 2017 file photo, Pope Francis holds his bag and waves as he embarks his flight to Monte Real, Portugal, from Rome's International airport of Leonardo Da Vinci, in Fiumicino, Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority

Cardinal Victor Fernandez poses for photographers with a copy of a book by Pope Francis titled "Viva la Poesia" (long live poetry) during its presentation to the journalists in Rome, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis advisers say he’ll recover from pneumonia and a ‘new stage’ is opening for him

People pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican says Pope Francis no longer needs mechanical help to breathe as his health improves

An employee of the Belsito postal distribution center in Rome sorts letters addressed to Pope Francis, who is currently being treated at Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic for bilateral pneumonia, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Warde-Jones)

Italian postal service sees surge in mail for Pope Francis, much sent from children

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis prays in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, during a vigil rosary for the recovery of Pope Francis, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope pens letter to the editor while in hospital as Buckingham Palace announces King Charles’ visit

Britain's King Charles III waves as he arrives for a visit to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

King Charles III plans to meet Pope Francis during Vatican state visit

This picture released by the Vatican Press Office shows Pope Francis concelebrating a mass inside his private chapel att the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Vatican Press Office, Via AP )

Pope registers new slight improvements in pneumonia fight as Vatican gives details on hospital photo

This picture released by the Vatican Press Office shows Pope Francis concelebrating a mass inside his private chapel att the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Vatican Press Office, Via AP )

Vatican releases first photograph of the pope in a month as he celebrates Mass in hospital chapel

A message for Pope Francis is seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Saturday, March 15, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope works on signature reform from hospital as Vatican cuts back on updates on medical progress

Pope Francis shares a light moment with "Telefono Amico" support hotline president Dario Briccola during an audience at the Vatican Saturday, March 11, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP, File)

At the Vatican switchboard, nuns soothe anxious callers about Pope Francis

Pope Francis blesses the faithful during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Timeline of Pope Francis’ hospitalization for pneumonia at the 1-month mark

Rain falls on the auspicious candles with images of Pope Francis left outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where he is being treated for bilateral pneumonia in Rome, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A month of Pope Francis’s longest hospital stay with lenses focused everywhere he is not

People pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Thursday, March 13, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope receives cake and glad tidings on the 12th anniversary of his papacy, marked in the hospital

Tourists and locals walk along St. Peter's Square on a rainy day at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The pope’s improving condition confirmed with a chest X-ray, Vatican says

Nuns attend a Rosary prayer for Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis follows Vatican spiritual retreat as doctors say he’s no longer in imminent danger

A nun attends a Rosary prayer for Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

In his own words: Pope Francis has long been up front about his health problems and eventual death

A Vatican Swiss guard stands prior to a mass for the world of volunteers led by delegate of Pope Francis Cardinal Michael Czerny in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Doctors declare Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger due to pneumonia, but remains hospitalized

Locals and tourists walk along a main street near St. Peter's Basilica, background, in Rome, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope thanks volunteers for ‘miracle of tenderness’ as another Holy Year event passes without him

Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

In his own words: Pope Francis’ views on resigning changed over time

A faithful carries a cross in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The Pope has now been in the hospital for 3 weeks battling double pneumonia. How serious is that?

FILE — In this Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 file photo, Pope Francis followed by Cardinal Fernando Vergez Alzaga, right, President of Vatican City Governorate and Sister Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of Vatican City Governorate arrives in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A day-by-day look at Pope Francis’ hospitalization for pneumonia, at the 3-week mark

Locals and tourists walk along a main street near St. Peter's Basilica, background, as the sun sets in Rome, Italy, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope Francis hits 3-week mark of hospitalization after giving world a sign of his frailty

Catholic nuns listen to a recorded message from Pope Francis during a prayer of the Rosary for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A weak Pope Francis thanks people for their prayers in audio message

A woman prays for Pope Francis at Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Clutched by the global faithful and draped on candles and statues, rosaries abound for Pope Francis

Mexican painter Roberto Marquez places a painting of Pope Francis he made outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The pope has increased his physical therapy and marked the start of Lent in the hospital

A votive statue of Italy's patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi, left, is on display among other religious items at a shop in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Who’s St. Francis, whose love for the poor, creation, and peace inspires Pope Francis?

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