ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said in a letter published Tuesday that his lengthy illness has helped make “more lucid” to him the ...

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The Vatican said Francis continued respiratory and other physical therapy on Thursday, and worked, rested and prayed from the 10th floor papal suite at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. The pope has been ...

The Vatican said he was participating in the celebration of the Mass with other priests in the 10th-floor papal apartment in the Gemelli hospital. No one else is visible in the photo and it is the ...

Pope Francis remains in a stable condition with no new respiratory crises or fever and worked from hospital on Thursday as he recovers from double pneumonia, the Vatican said. Given the stability ...

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