Sister Raffaella Petrini will become the first woman to lead the Vatican City State governorate when she takes office March 1 ...

It is unclear how long Pope Francis will stay in hospital, according to a Holy See spokesperson, after he was admitted on ...

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ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

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Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for diagnostic tests and to treat an ongoing case of bronchitis, the Vatican said, ...

Pope Francis, who was taken to hospital on Friday for treatment of bronchitis, is suffering from a respiratory infection but ...

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Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

After suffering from bronchitis for more than a week and having obvious difficulty breathing, the 88-year-old Pope Francis ...

After suffering from bronchitis for more than a week, the 88-year-old Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital ...