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Pope Francis addresses recurring speculation about his health problems in a new memoir and delivers his verdict on any possible resignation

The 86 year old pope was pushed in a wheelchair into the audience hall at the Vatican earlier in the day, appearing weary as he dropped heavily into his seat.

The Pope, who turned 87 in December last year, has once again cancelled work commitments due to his fragile health - just a few months after relying on a priest to speak for him at Vatican

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A mother and daughter tried to escape the brutal war around them by hiding in a Catholic church but were targeted by Israeli snipers, sparking a backlash from the White House

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The 86-year-old Pope Francis issued a brief health update, relying on another priest to speak for him, after the Vatican previously admitted he was suffering from 'mild flu'

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The grief-stricken parents of tragic eight-month-old Indi Gregory have revealed their baby's touching final moments after the heartbreaking decision to turn off her life support

A one-line statement from the Vatican said Pope Francis had 'relieved' Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler and appointed the bishop of Austin as the temporary administrator

In a disturbing case, a group of male students at Westfield High School near New York were found sharing AI-generated nude images of their female classmates - leaving one mother “terrified”

WARNING, EXPLICIT CONTENT: The Pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak after reports of a gay sex party in his Polish diocese involving a male prostitute in a priest's apartment

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Pope Francis is expected to address crowds with a video message after undergoing three-hour surgery to remove a hernia in hospital in Rome earlier this week

The operation comes two years after a flare up and narrowing of the large intestine meant that Pope Francis, 86, needed to have 13 inches of his colon removed at a hospital in Rome's Gemelli Hospital

The Pope said the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war

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It comes about a week after Pope Francis - the head of the Catholic Church - was discharged from a Rome hospital following three days of treatment for bronchitis

Twelve inmates at a juvenile prison on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, sat in a row as the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, kneeled in front of them and bathed and kissed their feet

Pope Francis, 86, hugged a couple whose five-year-old daughter died on Friday night and autographed a boy's arm cast as he left the hospital in Rome this morning

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni, in one of several updates on Friday, also said that Francis will be in St. Peter's Square for Palm Sunday Mass at the start of Holy Week

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The Vatican provided no details other than to say the Pope Francis' visit to the Gemelli hospital in Rome, Italy, was "previously scheduled" after he admitted a condition had returned just months ago

Barton upon Irwell cemetery in Eccles is the final resting place for dozens of families - but a historian has discovered it doesn't have a legal owner and the Vatican has been roped in to help