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Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who ...

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Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...

Before he was hospitalized for double pneumonia, Pope Francis was battling firm resistance from some of his own cardinals ...

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Pope Francis is continuing his slow recovery from double pneumonia and beating back speculation of an imminent death, resignation or conclave ...

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The Vatican said that the pope "slept well during the night and is now resting" peacefully on Thursday morning as the pontiff begins his 14th day in hospital.