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Tributes came from around the globe, offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to ...

The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of ...

Tributes poured in from around the world today after the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had died at 88. Tearful mourners ...

The declaration of death said the pope had Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, along with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition.

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