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Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, right, and Pope Francis's personal doctor, Luigi Carboni, speak to journalists on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome's Gemelli Hospital. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino./AP.)

Pope’s doctors say on health, ‘both doors are open’

Feb 21
Elise Ann Allen

Nuns pray in front of a statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 17, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Top aides hit back against rumors of papal death, resignation

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Anemic pope suffered respiratory crisis, prognosis ‘is reserved’

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Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

As Pope Francis marks first week in hospital, Church leaders call for prayer

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A view of the St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 20, 2024. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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A doctor treats a Sudanese child suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024. (Credit: Patricia Simon/AP.)

Sudanese bishops urge tax exemptions amid conflict and economic turmoil

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Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, right, and Pope Francis's personal doctor, Luigi Carboni, speak to journalists on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome's Gemelli Hospital. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino./AP.)

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