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UK court refuses to say financier acted in ‘good faith’ in Vatican deal but says he wasn’t dishonest

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

Feb 21
Elise Ann Allen

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
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Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are the laid under the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

In his native Argentina, people praying for the health of Pope Francis

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Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Andrii Neshodovskiy during the funeral ceremony at the cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Ukrainian Major Archbishop visits U.S., urges politicians to ignore pro-Russian propaganda

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

UK court refuses to say financier acted in ‘good faith’ in Vatican deal but says he wasn’t dishonest

Feb 22
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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

Feb 22
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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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A Filipino trooper guards the entrance of the site where a bomb exploded in Marawi, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. (Credit: Froilan Gallardo/AP.)

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