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Vatican states that the pontiff was provided with non-invasive mechanical ventilation, to which he responded well and remains alert.

Pope Francis has sent a message to 1.2 billion Catholics across the world after the Vatican confirmed he was in a critical condition.

Embalmed hearts, 3 different coffins, and secretive power struggles: What happens when popes die.

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia as his respiratory infection ’continues to present a complex picture’, The Vatican have said.

Pope Francis has been admitted to the hospital for medical examinations and to treat bronchitis, the Vatican announced.

Pontiff opens sacred portal at Rebibbia jail outside Rome to show ‘hope does not disappoint’

A driver rammed a car through a gate at the Vatican building during Pope Francis' dinner time, with guards open firing before the suspect was arrested in the San Damaso Courtyard

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

Father Michael McCoy, who was the dean at the time, is said to have asked some worshippers if they would like to go to a 'sex party' inside a property which is attached to St Mary's Cathedral

Around me today as I joined the crowds on the third and final day of the Pope Emeritus’ lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica, ahead of tomorrow’s funeral, camera phones suddenly shoot up

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s "last comprehensible words" have been revealed, as his body now lies at St Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican City, Rome, to allow the faithful to pay respects