Vatican switchboard nuns field growing calls about pope — but no, you can’t speak with him directly

Published March 15, 2025 12:39pm ET



VATICAN CITY (AP) — How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly?

The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls with questions like that as the pope remains hospitalized in Rome.

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