BREAKING NEWS….
Stories to be developed in coming hours and days:
Statement from the Holy See: On February 28, 2023, Archbishop Georg Gänswein concluded his office as Prefect of the Papal House. The Holy Father has ordered that Archbishop Gänswein return as of July 1, for the time being, to his diocese of origin.
FROM Fr. Johan Verschueren SJ, delegate of DIR (Interprovincial Roman Houses and Works of the Society of Jesus): “We inform with a grieving heart that on June 9, 2023, Fr. General dismissed from the Society of Jesus Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik (DIR / SVN). This was done in accordance with canon law, due to his stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience.”
POPE FRANCIS TO RETURN TO VATICAN FRIDAY
Update from Holy See Press Office Director Matteo Bruni:
“The medical staff reports that Pope Francis rested well during the night. The clinical course continues regularly. The blood chemistry tests are normal.
“Yesterday evening he had a community dinner together with those who have assisted him since he was hospitalized.
“This morning, as a sign of thanks, he received the entire operating team made up of medical staff, nurses, social and health workers and auxiliaries who, on June 6, coordinated, and undertook to make the surgery possible (in June 7).
“Later he met Bishop Claudio Giuliodori, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of the Catholic University, Fr. Nunzio Currao, spiritual assistant of the Gemelli staff; and the representatives of the Board of Directors of the Gemelli Polyclinic Foundation, with the President, Attorney Carlo Fratta Pasini, the Rector of the Catholic University, Prof. Franco Anelli, together with the governing bodies of the Polyclinic, with the General Manager, Prof. Marco Elefanti.
“He also went to the Pediatric Oncology and Children’s Neurosurgery department where the little patients are cared for who have expressed their affection to the Pope in recent days through numerous letters, drawings and messages of speedy recovery. Pope Francis saw first hand the pain of these children who, together with their mothers and fathers, carry the suffering of the Cross on their shoulders every day, together with their mothers and fathers. To each of them he gave a rosary and a book.
“In greeting those present, His Holiness thanked all the healthcare personnel for their professionalism and effort to alleviate the suffering of others, as well as with medicines, with tenderness and humanity.
“The medical team following Pope Francis has confirmed the Holy Father will be released from Gemelli hospital tomorrow morning, Friday, June 16.”
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