The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...
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Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...
Pope Francis' health condition is “no longer critical,” but remains “complex.” So reports the Vatican. Pope Francis, ...