Pope resting on 10th day of hospitalization

Pope resting on 10th day of hospitalization

ROME —  Pope Francis was resting Monday morning after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney failure, the Vatican said. The one-line statement didn’t say if Francis, 88, had woken up. “The night passed well, the pope slept and…

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Ireland’s most senior Catholic cleric criticises ‘merciless’ Israeli response to Hamas attacks

Ireland’s most senior Catholic cleric criticises ‘merciless’ Israeli response to Hamas attacks

The Israeli response to the October 2023 terror attacks by Hamas and Islamic Jihad has been “merciless and disproportionate”, Ireland’s most senior Catholic figure, the Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin, has said. International humanitarian law holds that parties to a conflict cannot use disproportionate measures to achieve military objectives, he said in his new year…

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