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Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. / Credit:

Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, Mar 22,

A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Young men attending the encounter with youth with Pope Francis at the Sir John Guise Stadium, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel

Cardinal Peter Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, speaks at a press conference on “Risks and

null / Credi: cinemavision|Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:05 pm (CNA). The 14,000-ton, five-century-old dome of St. Peter’s Basilica will debut new

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks to EWTN News in Oslo, Norway, on Jan. 17, 2025. / Credit: Fabio Gonella/EWTN News Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 /

Students try out the new Minecraft Education experience “Peter Is Here: AI for Cultural Heritage” during a press conference unveiling the project on March 18,

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Catholics attend the Mass and episcopal ordination of two new bishops in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 17, 2021. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN/Vatican Pool CNA Newsroom,

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019.

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024. / Credit: EWTN