The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much about the reality ... Then one member of the family reads: My brothers and sisters, Jesus says: "Come to me, all you who labor and are ...

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health ... She said that she included him in her prayers. Her 90-year-old priest, the Rev. Carlo Seno, said that he prayed ...

Francis’ feeble voice, discernible through his labored breaths and in his native Spanish, was recorded Thursday and broadcast in St. Peter’s Square.