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Pope Francis to say Angelus from hospital on Sunday

July 09, 2021

Pope Francis spent a "quiet day" on Thursday, "with normal clinical progress." The bulletin said the Holy Father "continued to eat regularly and continued his scheduled treatment," but offered no details regarding the treatment itself. "He walked in the corridor and resumed his work, alternating it with moments of reading texts."

Pope Francis Recovering after Surgery

July 04, 2021

Pope Francis “has reacted well” to a scheduled surgery for an intestinal condition, according to the director of the Holy See Press Office. Matteo Bruni said the surgery was conducted under general anaesthesia and concluded on Sunday evening. “The Holy Father, hospitalised in the afternoon at the Gemelli University Hospital, underwent the planned surgical operation

I’m a man of science, but I’ve seen heaven

December 18, 2014

As a sceptical neurosurgeon I dismissed patients’ visions of the afterlife. Then one day I had a violent seizure and found myself in a realm of indescribable beauty

Larry David and the pain of laughing

December 11, 2014

Curb Your Enthusiasm is still the best television comedy of this century