Vatican City, March 25, 2025 (AFP) - Pope's doctors thought 'we wouldn't be able to save him'

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Pope Francis's medical team had to decide whether or not to continue treatment after the 88-year-old suffered a serious breathing crisis in hospital, his doctor said on Tuesday. "It was terrible, we really thought we wouldn't be able to (save him)," Sergio Alfieri said in an interview with Italy's Corriere della Sera daily, referring to a crisis when the pope inhaled vomit on February 28. Francis, 88, was in Rome's Gemelli hospital for almost 40......

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