Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital as he received increasingly positive ...

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital as he received increasingly positive ...

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Pope receives cake and glad tidings on the 12th anniversary of his papacy, marked in the hospital by COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press - 03/13/25 11:52 PM ET Share ...

Sister Veronika Mroz, of Poland, sits beside a placard with a picture of Pope Francis, reading: “Best wishes His Holiness” as she waits in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the start of ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital — the first pope to do so in modern church history — as he received increasingly positive ...

Francis was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pontiff — and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope. The pope’s anniversary is a public holiday at the Vatican, but no special ...