Vatican City, March 30, 2025 (AFP) - Convalescing pope says illness is universal as misses another Angelus

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Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a "time of healing" as he missed his seventh consecutive Angelus prayer. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church left Rome's Gemelli hospital last Sunday after five weeks of treatment, returning to the Vatican for what his doctors said would be at least two months of convalescence. Francis was again absent for this weekend's Angel......

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