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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis gives an audience to members of the Association of Italian Hospital Otolaryngologists and the Italian Federation of Pediatric Doctors at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican, on November 18, 2023. Editorial Usa Only. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photos/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Press About Pope Francis' Health - Rome

In Italy, the Pope Francis dominates most papers' front pages on February 19, 2025 reporting the news of the hospitalization of the Holy Father. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Photo: Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Press About Pope Francis' Health - Rome

In Italy, the Pope Francis dominates most papers' front pages on February 19, 2025 reporting the news of the hospitalization of the Holy Father. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Photo: Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Press About Pope Francis' Health - Rome

In Italy, the Pope Francis dominates most papers' front pages on February 19, 2025 reporting the news of the hospitalization of the Holy Father. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Photo: Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Press About Pope Francis' Health - Rome

In Italy, the Pope Francis dominates most papers' front pages on February 19, 2025 reporting the news of the hospitalization of the Holy Father. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Photo: Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Press About Pope Francis' Health - Rome

In Italy, the Pope Francis dominates most papers' front pages on February 19, 2025 reporting the news of the hospitalization of the Holy Father. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Photo: Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Leads The General Audience - Vatican

A frail Pope Francis leads the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on February 28, 2024. Left: Italian cardinal Matteo Zuppi. Following the General Audience, Pope Francis, who has been suffering from mild flu symptoms in the past days, visited Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for some diagnostic tests. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Int'l medic recalls tough time working in war-torn Gaza

STORY: Int'l medic recalls tough time working in war-torn Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 19, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:00 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gaza-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ENRICO VALLAPERTA, Italian intensive care nurse with MSF STORYLINE: A medic from Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has given first-hand perspective about the challenges and experiences he had while working in a Gaza hospital during the Israel-Hamas conflict. During a press conference held in Cairo on Friday, Enrico Vallaperta, an Italian intensive care nurse with the MSF who left Gaza on Thursday, said he had worked in central Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for several weeks amid very tough and dangerous conditions. SOUNDBITE (English): ENRICO VALLAPERTA, Italian intensive care nurse with MSF "When I arrived (at the hospital), there were more than 650 patients and thousands of refugees. They were living in the hospital or between the building

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Flu cases in Italy rise, hospitals overcrowded

STORY: Flu cases in Italy rise, hospitals overcrowded SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 4, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of hospital in Rome 2. various of pharmacies in Rome STORYLINE: The spread of the flu virus in Italy is "extremely worrying," the Italian Federation of Health and Hospital Companies (FIASO) has said. The number of flu-related intensive-care unit cases has nearly doubled in the last week, according to a FIASO survey. Flu cases are rising as coronavirus cases decline, which is having a greater overall impact on the country's healthcare system. "Coronavirus cases are giving way to the flu," said FIASO President Giovanni Migliore. Meanwhile, the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine (SIMEU) said that hospitals in Rome, Milan, and Turin are becoming overcrowded, creating queues in non-emergency situations. "We are trying to guarantee the service, but we are in a very difficult situation," said Fabio de Laco, president of SIM

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EU migrant pact hailed by Italian gov't, slammed by groups

STORY: EU migrant pact hailed by Italian gov't, slammed by groups SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 21, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of homeless migrants in Rome 1. various of hospital in Rome STORYLINE: The European Union's (EU) New Pact on Migration and Asylum has been welcomed by government officials in Italy -- one of the countries that pushed hardest for such an agreement. However, non-governmental groups have warned the deal, hammered out on Wednesday, will have a dire impact on refugees. The European Commission said the pact "establishes a common approach to migration and asylum that is based on solidarity, responsibility, and respect for human rights." Specifically, it creates uniform rules for identifying potential asylum seekers, develops a common database on these individuals, streamlines the asylum process, creates a "solidarity mechanism" to help spread the impact of new arrivals, and lays out a framework for future migrant

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