Pope Francis returns home after brief hospital stay Pope Francis is discharged from the A. Gemelli University hospital on Saturday morning. By Vatican News staff reporter Pope Francis was released from Gemelli Hospital on Saturday morning following a brief hospital stay that involved scheduled tests

While praising the benefits of technology and artificial intelligence, Pope Francis says AI raises serious questions and must be ethically and responsibly used to promote human dignity and the common good. By Deborah Castellano Lubov (Vaticannews) Pope Francis has applauded the benefits of technology and artificial

Pope Francis addresses participants in a workshop hosted by the Pontifical Academy for Life on the relationship between the person, emerging technologies and the common good, and reiterates that progress of science and technology must always be at the service of human dignity and integral

Pope calls for inclusion policies for people with rare diseases Meeting a delegation of the Italian Federation of Rare Diseases (UNIAMO), Pope Francis encourages the organization to continue its advocacy for a better quality and inclusive health service for those affected. By Lisa Zengarini (Vaticannews) Pope

In a message to participants in a seminar on Hansen’s disease (or ‘leprosy’) and other neglected tropical diseases, Pope Francis says we must ask ourselves, “Will we bend down to touch and heal the wounds of others?” By Christopher Wells (Vaticannews) “We must not forget these

[ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PL  - PT ] MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISXXXI WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 11 February 2023 “Take care of him”Compassion as a synodal exercise of healing  Dear brothers and sisters! Illness is part of our human condition. Yet, if illness is experienced in isolation and abandonment,