For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of the world's 1.4 ...

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Hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of ...

MOSCOW, February 25. /TASS/. Archbishop Pavel Pezzi, the head of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia (CCER), has called on believers to pray for Pope Francis.

The previous evening, doctors had said he remained in critical condition with double pneumonia but reported a “slight improvement” in some laboratory results. In the most upbeat bulletin in days, the ...

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Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...