Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, according to two senior Vatican officials, despite misgivings about his stance on many issues.

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling was put on as a precaution, the Vatican spokesman said in a statement

After the pope criticized Trump's deportation plans, MAGA figures have suggested deporting illegal migrants to Vatican City.

Vásquez was most recently selected by Francis to oversee the Diocese of Tyler, also in Texas, after he dismissed its former bishop, Joseph Strickland, who had openly accused the pope of being a heretic and called into question the validity of his leadership.

Pope Francis on Wednesday warned against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City state. "People often complain that there are not enough nuns in roles of responsibility,

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the highest U.S. civilian honor, the White House announced on Saturday. Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, called Pope Francis to award him the medal.

The Catholics surrounding Trump’s second term are best represented by his vice president, JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism and embraced family-oriented and conservative policies, echoing a general trend of young U.S. Catholic men shifting rightward.

"Each time a pope takes ill, the winds of a conclave always feel as if they are blowing," Francis writes in his new memoir, referring to centuries-old tradition of cardinals gathering in the pope's official residence, the Sistine Chapel, after a pontiff's death to elect the next.

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State.

The Argentine pope has always been critical of the just-inaugurated U.S. president's immigration policy. However, the world's smallest state continues to maintain a pragmatic diplomacy with the United States.

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prays will be undertaken elsewhere.

Pope Francis personally decided that employees of Vatican City State who have three or more children will receive a monthly bonus, the Vatican announced.